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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.


Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,125 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 1,095 different votes 1,125 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 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
89 Aye 49 No
Tax 2% aligned 138 shared votes
46 Aye 92 No
67 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 141 shared votes
72 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 97 No
Migration 0% aligned 125 shared votes
97 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 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
89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 648
1,255
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,422
1,594 eligible divisions
664
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
689
48.5 % of votes cast
591
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
733
51.5 % of votes cast
8
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 648
Appearances
161
+100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
35
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 648
Contributions
231
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Defence
55 of 58 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Migration
148 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API