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Mr Louie French vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 776 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 746 different votes 776 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
5 Aye 22 No
Benefits 11% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
9
4 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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 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