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Paula Barker vs Christine Jardine

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

Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree
vs
Photograph of Christine Jardine
Christine Jardine
LD Edinburgh West

Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Christine Jardine voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 867 shared comparable votes.

659 same votes 208 different votes 867 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
25 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
25 Aye 87 No
20 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 92% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 91% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 15 No
Education 29% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 39% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
76 Aye 35 No
Tax 56% aligned 111 shared votes
67 Aye 44 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 60% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 65% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 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
66.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 494 of 649
1,298
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,106 eligible divisions
680
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
779
55.7 % of votes cast
618
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
619
44.3 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
145
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
Contributions
147
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£318,822
41 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
16
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
176 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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