Paula Barker, MP for Liverpool Wavertree
Paula Barker has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Panel of Chairs; Committee on Standards; Committee of Privileges.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) | 2022 to 2023 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Panel of Chairs | 2025 to now | Now |
| Committee on Standards | 2024 to now | Now |
| Committee of Privileges | 2024 to now | Now |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill | 2022 | |
| Home Affairs Committee | 2022 to 2023 | |
| Judicial Review and Courts Bill | 2021 | |
| Justice Committee | 2020 to 2021 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Paula Barker has 2 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | R&A Championships Limited - £948.00 | 23 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Avanti West Coast - £2,864.00 | 31 Mar 2026 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Paula Barker asked 55 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
74 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Paula Barker represents Liverpool Wavertree. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Paula Barker won with 58% of the votes, and Tom Crone (Green Party) came second with 17%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paula Barker | Labour | 23,077 | 58.0% |
| Tom Crone | Green Party | 6,773 | 17.0% |
| Adam Heatherington | Reform UK | 3,454 | 8.7% |
| Rob McAllister-Bell | Liberal Democrat | 2,759 | 6.9% |
| Charlotte Eagar | Conservative | 1,887 | 4.7% |
| Ann San | Independent | 1,191 | 3.0% |
| Mohamed El Gadhy | Independent | 566 | 1.4% |
| Joe Owens | Independent | 108 | 0.3% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Paula Barker took part in 231 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Paula Barker voted the same way as their party in 229 of the 229 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this