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Paula Barker vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 969 shared comparable votes.

739 same votes 230 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
22 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 83 No
Migration 99% aligned 98 shared votes
14 Aye 84 No
23 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 95% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 10 No
Education 33% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
75 Aye 32 No
Tax 51% aligned 107 shared votes
61 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 61% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 26 No
Defence 64% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
683
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
844
54.3% of votes cast
628
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
710
45.7% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
Appearances
147
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
Contributions
209
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43% above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 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