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Mike Martin vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Paula Barker voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 225 different votes 297 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 9 No
Benefits 35% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
26 Aye 30 No
Tax 5% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 15 No
Education 9% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
342
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
191
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
151
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

112
+28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
148
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 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

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
41
5 registered categories
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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API