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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1311 votes — page 11 of 53
10 AYEEmployment Rights Bill
10 votes · 15 Sept 2025
Employment Rights Bill
10 votes · 15 Sept 2025
1 AYE1 NODiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2 votes · 9 Sept 2025
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2 votes · 9 Sept 2025
7 AYERenters’ Rights Bill
7 votes · 8 Sept 2025
Renters’ Rights Bill
7 votes · 8 Sept 2025
3 AYEHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
3 votes · 4 Sept 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
3 votes · 4 Sept 2025
2 NOOpposition day
2 votes · 3 Sept 2025
Opposition day
2 votes · 3 Sept 2025
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
Health Services: Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require all integrated care boards to make reference to (a) homelessness and (b) rough sleeping populations i
Charities: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the £100 million fund for frontline charities announced at the Spring Budget 20
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing (a) financial grants, (b) interest free and (c) lower interest loans to students in
Cannabis: Decriminalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect of decriminalising cannabis (a) possession, (b) supply and (c) manufacture on the pri
Local Government: Devolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the differences in levels of (a) resources and (b) powers granted in d
Abortion
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals to repeal sections (a) 58 and (b) 59 of the Offences Against the P
Medical Treatments Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing funding for people to access treatment abroad that is not availab
M6 Toll
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with Midland Expressway Ltd on seeking a review of its policy of charging recipients of higher rate Attendance Allowance for us
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency plans to consult representatives of (a) patient organisations and (b) the phar
Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which cancer medicines have received (a) an innovation passport and (b) other support under the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory A
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