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Paula Barker
MP for Liverpool Wavertree
Labour (Co-op)
About This MP
AI-generatedPaula Barker is the Labour and Co-operative MP for Liverpool Wavertree, elected in 2019. She currently serves on the Panel of Chairs and sits on the Privileges and Standards committees, with a background on several parliamentary committees and a period as a shadow minister.
Voting Patterns
She has very high party loyalty (99%) and attendance (50%), placing her around the centre-left in the spectrum. Her voting record shows a mix of positions on welfare, taxation and public services: often opposing stricter immigration controls and the asylum system, generally supporting NHS funding, and voting against the Rwanda deportation scheme and tougher prison sentencing. She has also participated in a number of rebel votes on the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill in July 2025.
Notable Positions
- Supports NHS funding
- Generally opposes stricter immigration controls and the asylum system
- Generally opposes the Rwanda deportation scheme
- Mixed on welfare reform (Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment) with notable rebellions in July 2025
- Generally opposes tougher prison sentencing
Financial Interests
Declares two financial interests: gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources, and visits outside the UK.
Generated 21 February 2026
99%
Party Loyalty
50%
Attendance
7
Rebel Votes
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Total Votes
Political Position
LEFTRIGHT
Centre-left(36)
Based on 337 votesCareer & Roles
9 positions
Current
Committee
Panel of Chairs
Since Nov 2025
Committee
Committee on Standards
Since Oct 2024
Committee
Committee of Privileges
Since Oct 2024
Previous
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Dec 2023 - May 2024
Opposition
Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Oct 2022 - Nov 2023
Committee
Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill
Oct 2022 - Nov 2022
Committee
Home Affairs Committee
Feb 2022 - Nov 2023
Committee
Judicial Review and Courts Bill
Oct 2021 - Nov 2021
Committee
Justice Committee
May 2020 - Jul 2021
Voting Stances
Based on parliamentary votes
Immigration controls
Strongly againsthas almost always voted against immigration controls
152 votes
Universal Credit
Mixedhas voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
152 votes
VAT changes
Generally againsthas generally voted against vat changes
83 votes
Asylum system
Generally againsthas generally voted against asylum system
73 votes
Trade union powers
Mixedhas voted a mixture of ways on trade union powers
62 votes
Transgender rights
Generally againsthas generally voted against transgender rights
59 votes
Bus services regulation
Generally againsthas generally voted against bus services regulation
58 votes
Rwanda deportation scheme
Generally againsthas generally voted against rwanda deportation scheme
44 votes
Financial Interests
2 declarations · £1,400 total
Recent Rebel Votes
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021
14 Dec 2021
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part
9 Jul 2025
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8
9 Jul 2025
Recent Votes
AYE
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
11 Feb 2026279 Aye90 No
AYE
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
11 Feb 2026277 Aye143 No
AYE
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
11 Feb 2026362 Aye107 No
ABSENT
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
4 Feb 2026392 Aye116 No
AYE
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading
3 Feb 2026458 Aye