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Paula Barker vs John Lamont

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


Voting alignment

Paula Barker and John Lamont voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,111 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,075 different votes 1,111 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
15 Aye 19 No
Benefits 9% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
34 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 20 No
Trade 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
683
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
628
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
Appearances
154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 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
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43% above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 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
Trade
83 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API