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Paula Barker vs Alex Sobel

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


Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Alex Sobel voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,001 shared comparable votes.

997 same votes 4 different votes 1,001 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
30 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
30 Aye 93 No
74 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 123 shared votes
74 Aye 49 No
51 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
51 Aye 60 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 20 No
Benefits 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 10 No
Education 97% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
30 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
30 Aye 93 No
74 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 123 shared votes
74 Aye 49 No
51 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
51 Aye 60 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 242 of 648
Participation
71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 399 of 648
1,255
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,474
2,057 eligible divisions
664
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
810
55.0 % of votes cast
591
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
664
45.0 % of votes cast
8
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 648
Appearances
84
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 648
35
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 648
Contributions
98
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£328,194
45 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Housing
51 of 53 votes
#1
NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
Defence
55 of 58 votes
#3
Migration
139 of 161 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes
#5
Defence
47 of 59 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API