Paula Barker

MP since 12 Dec 2019

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Paula Barker is the Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.

1311

Votes Cast

£322,425

Expenses 2024-25

16,304

Majority

58.0%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£322,425

Staffing£235,427
Office£31,932
Accommodation£30,295
Travel£24,771

Year-on-Year

2024-25£322,425
2023-24£299,113
2022-23£269,209
2021-22£241,755
2020-21£201,426
2019-20£28,145

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 39,815 voters

Labour
23,077 votes58.0%
Green Party
6,773 votes17.0%
Reform UK
3,454 votes8.7%
Liberal Democrat
2,759 votes6.9%
Conservative
1,887 votes4.7%
Independent
1,191 votes3.0%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

350

Written Questions

16

Oral Questions

73

Debates Spoken In

110

Speeches

506

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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4 NO

Health Bill

4 votes · 8 Sept 2026

2 NO

Health Bill

2 votes · 7 Sept 2026

1 AYE3 NO

Representation of the People Bill

4 votes · 2 Sept 2026

3 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

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Financial Interests(2)

Visits outside the UK

Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

£5,388
Name of donor
Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Address of donor
2 Ketagalan Blvd, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100202
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Flights £5388.12, hotel £825.00, local transportation £282.00, meals £250.00, value £6,745.12
Destination of visit
Taiwan
Dates of visit
24 May 2025 to 30 May 2025
Purpose of visit
A Labour Friends of Taiwan delegation to meet with politicians, academics and trade union officials along with some visits to historical sites.

Registered 17 June 2025

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Silverstone Circuit

I attended F1 qualifying at Silverstone on Friday 4 July 2025 with my son. We were in the Directors Box and received hospitality tickets, food & drink

4 July 2025

£1,400
Name of donor
Silverstone Circuit
Address of donor
The Jimmy Brown Centre, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
I attended F1 qualifying at Silverstone on Friday 4 July 2025 with my son. We were in the Directors Box and received hospitality tickets, food & drink, value £1,400
Date received
4 July 2025
Date accepted
4 July 2025
Donor status
company, registration 00882843

Registered 23 July 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Paula in Parliament

Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of banning social media for under-16s.

AnsweredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology17 Jan 2025

Bed and Breakfast Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's target date is to ensure that homeless households with children are not housed in bed and breakfast a

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government15 Jan 2025

Temporary Accommodation: Infant Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of standards of temporary accommodation on child infant mor

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government15 Jan 2025

Homelessness: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to help (a) Ministers and (b) officials from other departments fully participate in the Inter

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government15 Jan 2025

Charities: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what actions is her Department taking to mitigate the rise in employer NI contributions on the homelessness charities.

AnsweredTreasury10 Jan 2025

Domestic Abuse: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of women murdered by domestic abusers in (a) England and Wales and (b) Merseyside in each of

AnsweredHome Office8 Jan 2025

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has set up expert boards for homelessness policy.

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government7 Jan 2025

Temporary Accommodation: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press notice entitled Pat McFadden vows to make the state more like a start up as he deploys reform teams across country, published on

AnsweredCabinet Office7 Jan 2025

Prisoners' Release: National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Prison pathfinder meetings are provided with intelligence risk assessments on the release of prisoners tha

AnsweredMinistry of Justice7 Jan 2025

Public Sector Reform and Innovation Fund: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with local authorities on the provision of temporary accommodation for test-and-learn pilots.

AnsweredCabinet Office7 Jan 2025
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