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Paula Barker vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Ian Lavery voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,088 shared comparable votes.

1,083 same votes 5 different votes 1,088 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
85 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
85 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
27 Aye 94 No
56 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
56 Aye 64 No
33 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 18 No
Housing 98% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
85 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
85 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
27 Aye 94 No
56 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
56 Aye 64 No
33 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 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
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 648
1,255
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
664
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
986
56.2 % of votes cast
591
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
770
43.8 % of votes cast
8
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 648
Appearances
60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
35
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 648
Contributions
86
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
61 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Defence
54 of 59 votes
Defence
55 of 58 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes
#5
Migration
147 of 169 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API