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Paula Barker vs Ben Maguire

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

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Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree
vs
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Ben Maguire
LD North Cornwall

Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Ben Maguire voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 230 different votes 299 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 63% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 26% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 7% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 25 No
Tax 8% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 649
Participation
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 568 of 649
1,298
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
350
575 eligible divisions
680
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
189
54.0 % of votes cast
618
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
161
46.0 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
96
+18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
78
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Contributions
109
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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