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Tom Gordon vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Tom Gordon and Paula Barker voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

81 same votes 261 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
9 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 64% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 16 No
Benefits 42% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
27 Aye 35 No
Tax 6% aligned 62 shared votes
37 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 3 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 13% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

67.8%
5% below average
Rank 467 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
400
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
219
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
181
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

199
+115.4 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
282
+136.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 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

£217,333
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£217,333
4% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
3
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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