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Paula Barker vs Josh Babarinde

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


Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 276 different votes 354 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
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
11 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 38% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
37 Aye 26 No
Tax 5% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 8 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 425 of 649
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
683
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
54.0% of votes cast
628
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
191
46.0% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
Appearances
116
+31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 650
82
-64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Contributions
133
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 234 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
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43% above average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API