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Peter Fortune vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Peter Fortune and Paula Barker voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 368 different votes 379 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
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 13% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
45 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
45 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
188
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
238
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

121
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
145
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£180,830
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£180,830
20% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 62 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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