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Martin Vickers vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,083 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,038 different votes 1,083 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
15 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 27 No
Benefits 8% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
2,019
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
959
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
1,060
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
26
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

157
+73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
156
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 195 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

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
8
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 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