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Sir Geoffrey Cox vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and Paula Barker voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 810 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 782 different votes 810 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 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 18 No
Benefits 3% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
65 Aye 30 No
Migration 3% aligned 95 shared votes
27 Aye 68 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
740
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
831
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
13
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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

£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
15
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
173 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Defence
52 of 71 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
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API