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Paula Barker vs Wendy Chamberlain

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 Wendy Chamberlain
Wendy Chamberlain
LD North East Fife

Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Wendy Chamberlain voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 937 shared comparable votes.

692 same votes 245 different votes 937 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
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 81 No
Migration 99% aligned 101 shared votes
19 Aye 82 No
17 Aye 16 No
Trade 97% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 18 No
Education 27% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 41% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
77 Aye 38 No
Tax 51% aligned 115 shared votes
65 Aye 50 No
19 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 59% aligned 41 shared votes
10 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 23 No
Defence 63% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 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
69.1 %
4 % below average
Rank 447 of 649
1,298
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,136
1,643 eligible divisions
680
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
588
51.8 % of votes cast
618
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
548
48.2 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % 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
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 196 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
£1,350,009
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£308,895
37 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
10
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
46 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 55 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
120 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
133 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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