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
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 39,815 voters
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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3 NOTaxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee
3 votes · 1 Jul 2026
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee
3 votes · 1 Jul 2026
4 NOArmed Forces Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 22 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 22 Jun 2026
4 NONational Security (State Threats) Bill Committee
4 votes · 17 Jun 2026
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee
4 votes · 17 Jun 2026
3 NOCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages
3 votes · 16 Jun 2026
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages
3 votes · 16 Jun 2026
Financial Interests(2)
Visits outside the UK
Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
£5,388
Visits outside the UK
Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 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
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
- 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
Terrorism: Reading East
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has responded to the regulation 28 prevention of future deaths report issued on 20 May 2024 in the case of deaths in the Forbury Gard
Terrorism: Reading East
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to address the intelligence failings outlined in the regulation 28 prevention of future deaths report issued
Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to monitor far-right activity.
Tommy Robinson: Demonstrations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Metropolitan Police in relation to (a) reports of planned protests by Tommy Robinson on Saturday 26 Octo
Merseyside Police: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Merseyside Police on tackling (a) violent and (b) knife-related crime.
Merseyside Police: Organised Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help support Merseyside Police to tackle organised crime gangs.
Film: Liverpool
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the growth of the film industry in Liverpool.
Film
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that growth in the British film industry is shared across the UK.
Private Rented Housing: Tenants' Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing private rented sector tenants' protecti
Health Services and Social Services: Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence entitled Integrated health and social care for people
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