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Paula Barker vs Sarah Gibson

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


Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Sarah Gibson voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 251 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 12 No
Benefits 50% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
36 Aye 20 No
Tax 5% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
15 Aye 13 No
Education 7% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 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
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 541 of 649
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
683
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
200
53.8% of votes cast
628
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
172
46.2% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
Appearances
26
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
82
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 650
Contributions
32
-115.7 vs Commons average
Rank 574 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
£230,135
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43% above average
Latest expenses
£230,135
2% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
2
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
52 of 54 votes
#1
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
45 of 62 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