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Paula Barker vs Sarah Olney

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 Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Sarah Olney voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 969 shared comparable votes.

716 same votes 253 different votes 969 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
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 91 No
Migration 99% aligned 107 shared votes
15 Aye 92 No
23 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 90% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 17 No
Education 27% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 31% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 42% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 14 No
Housing 50% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
77 Aye 37 No
Tax 59% aligned 114 shared votes
72 Aye 42 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,298
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
680
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
54.0 % of votes cast
618
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
533
46.0 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
Contributions
191
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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