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Paula Barker vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 319 different votes 326 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
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
39 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
29 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
29 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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 397 of 648
1,255
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
377
526 eligible divisions
664
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
44.0 % of votes cast
591
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
211
56.0 % of votes cast
8
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 648
Appearances
71
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 648
35
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 648
Contributions
91
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 259 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
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Defence
55 of 58 votes
#3
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Tax
89 of 108 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

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