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Paula Barker vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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

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Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree
vs
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Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland

Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 869 shared comparable votes.

662 same votes 207 different votes 869 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
25 Aye 70 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
25 Aye 70 No
16 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 19 No
Trade 91% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 16 No
Education 20% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 37% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
82 Aye 33 No
Tax 56% aligned 115 shared votes
67 Aye 48 No
9 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
54 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 69% aligned 118 shared votes
54 Aye 64 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
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
1,255
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
664
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
591
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
8
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
35
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 648
Contributions
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Defence
55 of 58 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion 29 Oct 2025
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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