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Mark Pritchard vs Paula Barker

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mark Pritchard and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 839 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 806 different votes 839 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
13 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 11 No
Trade 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 523 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,538
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
732
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
806
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

188
+104.4 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
226
+80.3 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,150,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£174,182
23% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Migration
136 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API