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Steve Darling vs Paula Barker
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Steve Darling and Paula Barker voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.
70 same votes
272 different votes
342 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
67.1%
6% below average
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
403
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,322
1,669 eligible divisions
220
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
689
52.1% of votes cast
183
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
633
47.9% of votes cast
7
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
147
+61.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
83
-2.6 vs Commons average
173
+23.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
82
-67.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
8
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API