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Paula Barker vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Ben Lake voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 967 shared comparable votes.

804 same votes 163 different votes 967 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
22 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
29 Aye 97 No
Migration 98% aligned 126 shared votes
27 Aye 99 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 2 No
Education 62% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
78 Aye 40 No
Tax 66% aligned 118 shared votes
78 Aye 40 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 75% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
67 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 135 shared votes
67 Aye 68 No
19 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 79% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 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
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,255
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
664
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
591
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
8
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
35
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 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
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Defence
55 of 58 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API