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Rachael Maskell vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Paula Barker voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,282 shared comparable votes.

1,261 same votes 21 different votes 1,282 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
98 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
98 Aye 60 No
30 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 128 shared votes
30 Aye 98 No
39 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 25 No
Benefits 100% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 18 No
Housing 98% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
68 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 141 shared votes
68 Aye 73 No
98 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
98 Aye 60 No
30 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 128 shared votes
30 Aye 98 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
12% above average
Rank 113 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 213 of 650
2,030
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,350
1,699 eligible divisions
1,100
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
703
52.1% of votes cast
930
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
647
47.9% of votes cast
47
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

266
+171.5 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
Appearances
94
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 650
324
+159.4 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 650
Contributions
87
-77.6 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
9
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
75 of 80 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Transport
91 of 98 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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