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Rishi Sunak vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and Paula Barker voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 275 different votes 297 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
1 Aye 2 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 8 No
Migration 9% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 9 No
Trade 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 12 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

42.3%
30% below average
Rank 631 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,005
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
454
45.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
551
54.8% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
4
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

42
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
Appearances
79
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 649
51
-91.7 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
15
5 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

Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Transport
52 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
20 of 48 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Rural communities 7 Jan 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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