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Paula Barker vs Nick Timothy

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


Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Nick Timothy voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 319 different votes 325 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
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 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
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 446 of 649
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
590 eligible divisions
683
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
48.0% of votes cast
628
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
212
52.0% 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
Rank 273 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 649
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
Contributions
122
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 267 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
£199,214
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43% above average
Latest expenses
£199,214
12% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
22
5 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
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#3
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API