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Olivia Blake vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Olivia Blake and Paula Barker voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,098 shared comparable votes.

1,096 same votes 2 different votes 1,098 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
85 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
85 Aye 53 No
30 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
30 Aye 83 No
46 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
46 Aye 64 No
36 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
36 Aye 16 No
32 Aye 19 No
Benefits 100% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 14 No
Housing 97% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
85 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
85 Aye 53 No
30 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
30 Aye 83 No
46 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
46 Aye 64 No
36 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
36 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
649
52.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
590
47.6% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

37
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
Appearances
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 649
Contributions
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£300,839
33% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
5
2 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

Education
66 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Transport
53 of 64 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API