Paula Barker — Hear, Hear

Voting record

5

Voted for

0

Voted against

4

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Paula Barker’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 83%

How often Paula Barker voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Paula Barker doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held

Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government) — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (2022-10-28 to 2023-11-15) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Paula Barker →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Avanti West Coast
Address of donor: 8th Floor, The Point, 37 North Wharf Road, London W2 1AF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Train tickets provided for eight people from Transforming Choice, a rehabilitation facility in my constituency, to come to London on 18 March 2026 to see democracy up close. The attendees were two members of staff plus participants of the programme who have just graduated, value £2,864
Donor status: company, registration 14445025
(Registered 31 March 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: R&A Championships Limited
Address of donor: Beach House, Golf Place, St Andrews KY16 9JA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to attend The Open Golf tournament at Royal Birkdale, value £948
Date received: 19 July 2026
Date accepted: 19 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration SC247047
(Registered 23 July 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Paula Barker yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Paula Barker has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£340,180.63 paid out to or for Paula Barker across 189 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Paula Barker’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £235,426.92 (1 claim)

Office Costs — £44,984.21 (152 claims)

Accommodation — £34,998.76 (26 claims)

Staff Travel — £13,662.91 (5 claims)

MP Travel — £10,550.25 (4 claims)

Dependant Travel — £557.58 (1 claim)

Most recent claims

Utilities — £324.67, 2026-03-31 — Dual Fuel

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £63.30, 2026-03-25 — Landline

Utilities — £75.95, 2026-03-24 — Electricity

Software & applications — £56.98, 2026-03-23 — ADOBE [200013613-5781]

Utilities — £166.82, 2026-03-13 — Water

Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection — £251.88, 2026-03-04 — CENTRAL WASTE [200013613-6557]

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £63.30, 2026-02-25 — Landline

Software & applications — £56.98, 2026-02-23 — ADOBE [200013624-2675]

Every claim on file for Paula Barker →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Paula Barker — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Paula Barker’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Paula Barker is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness — Co-Chair

Declared funding: Crisis (£24,001-25,500); Crisis (£1,501-3,000).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Microplastics — Officer

Declared funding: University of Portsmouth (£34,501-36,000); National Federation of Women's Institutes (£6,001-7,500).

All-Party Parliamentary Jordan Group — Vice Chair

No declared funding on file.

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: University of Portsmouth — about £35,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Microplastics).

University of Portsmouth — about £35,250.50, 1 group

Crisis — about £27,001.00, 1 group

National Federation of Women's Institutes — about £6,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Paula Barker personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Paula Barker is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.