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Sir Julian Smith vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Paula Barker voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 990 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 940 different votes 990 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
18 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 29 No
Benefits 7% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
65 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 125 shared votes
61 Aye 64 No
18 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
953
51.9% 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
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
5
5 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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API