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Shivani Raja vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Shivani Raja and Paula Barker voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 310 different votes 321 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
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
374
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
187
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
187
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
18
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 610 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

£205,066
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£205,066
9% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
3
3 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

Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Transport
22 of 29 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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