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Wendy Chamberlain vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Wendy Chamberlain and Paula Barker voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 943 shared comparable votes.

694 same votes 249 different votes 943 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
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 82 No
Migration 99% aligned 101 shared votes
20 Aye 81 No
16 Aye 17 No
Trade 97% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 18 No
Education 27% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 41% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
65 Aye 50 No
Tax 51% aligned 115 shared votes
77 Aye 38 No
10 Aye 31 No
Devolution / Local Government 59% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 17 No
Defence 63% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

68.9%
4% below average
Rank 448 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,143
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
594
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
549
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

116
+33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 196 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

£1,350,009
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£308,895
37% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
10
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

Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Migration
120 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
133 of 174 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