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Paula Barker vs Greg Smith

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 Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,158 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 1,127 different votes 1,158 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
28 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
89 Aye 51 No
Tax 2% aligned 140 shared votes
48 Aye 92 No
67 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 141 shared votes
72 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 98 No
Migration 0% aligned 126 shared votes
98 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
34 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 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
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,298
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
1,643 eligible divisions
680
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
710
48.7 % of votes cast
618
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
749
51.3 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
200
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
Contributions
235
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
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