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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 1,169 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 1,137 different votes 1,169 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
12 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 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
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

79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
683
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
717
48.7% of votes cast
628
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
754
51.3% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
Appearances
217
+133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
Contributions
259
+113.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43% above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 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
52 of 54 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
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API