Paula Barker
Labour Liverpool Wavertree
Voting record
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 →
Every Commons division on file for Paula Barker — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,311 of 1,658 (79%).
Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: University of Portsmouth — about £35,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Microplastics).
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.
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