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Lorraine Beavers vs Paula Barker
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Lorraine Beavers and Paula Barker voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 451 shared comparable votes.
448 same votes
3 different votes
451 shared votes
Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.
Topic alignment
Closest by topic
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
86.3%
14% above average
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
509
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
268
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
241
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
9
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
85
-60.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£199,406
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£199,406
12% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills
Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.
Most active voting topics
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
18 Mar 2026
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API