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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 1,046 shared comparable votes.
1,041 same votes
5 different votes
1,046 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
79.1%
6% above average
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
683
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
824
54.2% of votes cast
628
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
696
45.8% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
114
+30.3 vs Commons average
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
142
-3.9 vs Commons average
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
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
No
rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
18 Mar 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API