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Paula Barker vs Olivia Blake

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


Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Olivia Blake voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,057 shared comparable votes.

1,056 same votes 1 different votes 1,057 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
85 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
85 Aye 50 No
30 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
30 Aye 83 No
46 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
46 Aye 64 No
32 Aye 19 No
Benefits 100% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 14 No
Housing 97% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
85 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
85 Aye 50 No
30 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
30 Aye 83 No
46 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
46 Aye 64 No
32 Aye 19 No
Benefits 100% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 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
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 329 of 648
1,255
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
664
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
630
52.8 % of votes cast
591
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
563
47.2 % of votes cast
8
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 648
Appearances
33
-27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 648
35
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 648
Contributions
44
-64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
Education
65 of 68 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Defence
55 of 58 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes
#5
Work / Employment
54 of 65 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API