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Paula Barker vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,085 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 1,058 different votes 1,085 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
17 Aye 18 No
Benefits 9% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 14 No
Transport 4% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
68 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 129 shared votes
60 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 92 No
Migration 0% aligned 118 shared votes
92 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 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
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,255
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
664
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
591
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
8
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
35
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Defence
55 of 58 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API