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Paula Barker vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Chris Philp voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,041 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 987 different votes 1,041 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
19 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
67 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 134 shared votes
69 Aye 65 No
16 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 25 No
Transport 3% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
683
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
628
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 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

Housing
52 of 54 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API