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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 99% of the time, based on 1,166 shared comparable votes.

1,159 same votes 7 different votes 1,166 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 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 134 shared votes
85 Aye 49 No
57 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
57 Aye 67 No
27 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
27 Aye 95 No
32 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
38 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 19 No
Housing 98% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
85 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 134 shared votes
85 Aye 49 No
57 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
57 Aye 67 No
27 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
27 Aye 95 No
32 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 650
1,338
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,840
2,405 eligible divisions
694
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,015
55.2% of votes cast
644
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
825
44.8% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650
Appearances
95
+6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
83
-71.8 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
Contributions
118
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 310 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Sittings of the House 30 Dec 2020
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API