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Susan Murray vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Susan Murray and Paula Barker voted the same way 27% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 208 different votes 284 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 0 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 13 No
Benefits 43% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 26 No
Tax 7% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 20 shared votes
20 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 3 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

62.2%
10% below average
Rank 554 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
367
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
201
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
166
45.2% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
91
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£189,988
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£189,988
16% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Housing
24 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API