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Paula Barker vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,014 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 962 different votes 1,014 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
22 Aye 17 No
Trade 10% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
58 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 121 shared votes
63 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
683
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
628
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API