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Nick Timothy vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Nick Timothy and Paula Barker voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 319 different votes 325 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
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 17% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 446 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
408
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
196
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
212
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

81
-1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 649
111
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£199,214
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£199,214
12% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
21
5 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

Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API