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Richard Tice vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Richard Tice
Richard Tice
RUK Boston and Skegness
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Richard Tice and Paula Barker voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 235 different votes 268 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
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 38% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 6 No
Education 13% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 18 No
Housing 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

51.9%
21% below average
Rank 618 of 649
Participation
79.0%
6% above average
Rank 223 of 649
305
588 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,309
1,656 eligible divisions
146
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
681
52.0% of votes cast
159
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
628
48.0% of votes cast
11
3.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

171
+89.8 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
Appearances
78
-3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
240
+98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649
Contributions
82
-59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£176,036
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£176,036
22% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
23
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 9 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Defence
22 of 34 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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