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Paula Barker vs John Cooper
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Paula Barker and John Cooper voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.
10 same votes
358 different votes
368 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
79.1%
6% above average
Participation
72.2%
same as average
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
683
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
42.3% of votes cast
628
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
246
57.7% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43% above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API