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Paula Barker vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 919 shared comparable votes.

918 same votes 1 different votes 919 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
83 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 137 shared votes
83 Aye 54 No
44 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
44 Aye 69 No
24 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 64 shared votes
24 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
83 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 137 shared votes
83 Aye 54 No
44 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
44 Aye 69 No
24 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 64 shared votes
24 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 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
69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 455 of 648
1,255
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
664
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
904
56.5 % of votes cast
591
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
695
43.5 % of votes cast
8
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 648
Appearances
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
35
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 648
Contributions
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
52 of 59 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Defence
55 of 58 votes
#3
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes
#5
Education
75 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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