At a glancePaula Barker is a Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree, and has represented the seat for 6 years, 7 months. They have cast 493 votes in Commons divisions (86% attendance), tabled 798 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Paula Barker did not vote in 82. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Panel of Chairs Committee since 13 Nov 2025
- Committee of Privileges Committee since 28 Oct 2024
- Committee on Standards Committee since 28 Oct 2024
- Liverpool Wavertree Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 12 Dec 2019
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour
100.0% · 431 of 431 shared votes
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Ms Stella Creasy
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 413 of 413 shared votes
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Steve Witherden
Labour
100.0% · 400 of 400 shared votes
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Navendu Mishra
Labour
100.0% · 392 of 392 shared votes
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Peter Dowd
Labour
100.0% · 348 of 348 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
1.0% · 3 of 304 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
1.3% · 4 of 314 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
1.4% · 4 of 277 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
1.5% · 5 of 340 shared votes
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Mark Pritchard
Conservative
1.5% · 4 of 264 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP1
- Avanti West Coast - £2,864.00 (registered 31 Mar 2026)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- Silverstone Circuit - £1,400.00 (registered 23 Jul 2025)
Written questions
Young People: Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made a decision on the steps it plans to take to develop the pilots with Centrepoint of the Upstream youth homelessness prevention programme.
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
The government recognises that targeted support within schools can play a major role in identifying young people at higher risk of homelessness and providing support to them and their families at a much earlier stage. We continue to engage with Centrepoin...
Parking: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the grace period where a motorist takes longer than the time allowed to pay but can evidence a full payment before leaving.
Answer · 25 Jun 2026
The ten-minute grace period at the end of a paid-for parking period was introduced to recognise that drivers could arrive slightly late to their vehicle for reasons beyond their control. In this situation, a Civil Enforcement Officer (CEO) would be able t...
Parking: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the use of sanctions by trade associations on private parking operators where they breach the Industry Code.
Answer · 1 Jul 2026
The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 requires the Secretary of State to prepare a Code of Practice containing guidance on the operation and management of private parking facilities, which will replace the existing Sector Single Code of Practice. The De...
Parking Offences: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of changing the Industry Code to ensure that a parking fine is automatically cancelled where a motorist is able to provide evi
Answer · 1 Jul 2026
The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 requires the Secretary of State to prepare a Code of Practice containing guidance on the operation and management of private parking facilities, which will replace the existing Sector Single Code of Practice. The De...
Parking Offences: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of improving regulation of the way that debt collection is carried out in the case of parking fines.
Answer · 25 Jun 2026
The ten-minute grace period at the end of a paid-for parking period was introduced to recognise that drivers could arrive slightly late to their vehicle for reasons beyond their control. In this situation, a Civil Enforcement Officer (CEO) would be able t...
Parking Offences: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the appeals process against parking fines.
Answer · 29 Jun 2026
The Secretary of State has not made any such assessment of the longstanding independent appeals process.
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evaluation his department has made of the effectiveness of assessment by the NHS of the appropriateness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for patients through NHS Talking Therapies.
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
NHS Talking Therapies provide National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended, evidence‑based psychological therapies, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), for adults with common mental health conditions such as anxiety and depress...
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his department has made of trends in levels of completion of courses of NHS Talking Therapies treatment in (i) England and (ii) the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board are
Answer · 30 Jun 2026
The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
Early day motions
| 22 Jul 2025 | Retirement of Alyson Rigby | 2 sig. |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Birthday of James Furlong | 3 sig. |
| 20 Nov 2023 | Local Housing Allowance and housing supply | 32 sig. |
| 21 Feb 2022 | Care workers and vaccination as a condition of employment | 21 sig. |
| 8 Feb 2022 | Local government finance, council tax and levelling-up | 27 sig. |
| 30 Nov 2021 | Integrated Rail Plan and Northern Powerhouse Rail | 23 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill
I rise to support new clauses 5 and 6, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith and Chiswick (Andy Slaughter). I welcome the Prime Minister’s remarks, and I am relieved that the Government have listened, so that the duty of cand…
14 Jul 2026 Support for Bereaved Parents
The death of a child seems to violate the natural order of things, leaving parents shocked, grieving and in unimaginable pain. The charity Love, Jasmine in my constituency was founded by Rob and Kathy Lapsley in 2016 after the death of the…
14 Jul 2026 Support for Bereaved Parents
8. What assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing funding to organisations that support bereaved parents.
7 Jul 2026 Early Release of Prisoners
The Minister has stated from the Dispatch Box that victims have been failed, and I absolutely concur with that statement. She has also mentioned that there are record numbers of convictions. Does she agree that if we release these abhorren…
7 Jul 2026 Early Release of Prisoners
The right hon. Gentleman is being very generous with his time. Does he agree that this House is at its best when we put party politics aside, as my hon. Friend the Member for Alloa and Grangemouth (Brian Leishman) said? We owe it to all ou…
7 Jul 2026 Early Release of Prisoners
I understand what the Minister is saying about the looming prison crisis, but I just wonder whether he can explain to us how releasing dangerous sexual predators and grooming gang members fits with our manifesto commitment to halve violenc…
6 Jul 2026 Civil Service Pensions
Like other Members across the House, I have constituents who have faced unacceptably long delays, including a terminally ill lady who has been left waiting for months; a man in severe financial hardship who was due his first payment in Dec…
6 Jul 2026 Veterans: Homelessness
I associate myself with the comments about the loss of Sir George Howarth. His loss will be felt deeply in this place. Organisations in Liverpool, such as Veterans HQ, do incredible work to support homeless veterans, and the Government hav…
6 Jul 2026 Veterans: Homelessness
3. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on veteran homelessness.
1 Jul 2026 Flood Insurance: Reform of Flood Re
I thank the Minister for her statement. The vital importance of protecting and insuring people against flooding is highlighted by the case of my constituents who live next to Thingwall allotments, where extensive surface water flooding has…
29 Jun 2026 Benefit Cap
Shame on you!
29 Jun 2026 Benefit Cap
The abolition of the two-child limit by this Government was a key step in cutting child poverty, but some of the poorest families still see their benefit capped, and there are shockingly high levels of child poverty in parts of my constitu…
29 Jun 2026 Benefit Cap
4. What steps he is taking to ensure that people affected by the benefit cap are not in poverty.
24 Jun 2026 Engagements
Q7. My constituent Jake McGregor-How, a 16-year-old with everything to live for, has been diagnosed with Friedreich’s ataxia—a rare neurodegenerative condition that is cruel and swift-acting. The average life expectancy of people diagn…
15 Jun 2026 Brain Cancer
Order.
15 Jun 2026 Brain Cancer
I call Ann Davies.
15 Jun 2026 Brain Cancer
I thank the hon. Member for setting a fine example of keeping to the time limit.
15 Jun 2026 Brain Cancer
Order. I am sorry to all hon. and right hon. Members, because I will have to impose a two-minute time limit straightaway, and it is clear that we will not get everyone in.
11 Jun 2026 Clean Power by 2030
May I ask the Minister to write to Mr Shannon?
11 Jun 2026 Clean Power by 2030
Just one, I am afraid.
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government) · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 28 Oct 2022 – 15 Nov 2023
Committee memberships
- Public Accounts Committee 11 Dec 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Home Affairs Committee 8 Feb 2022 – 27 Nov 2023
- Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill 26 Oct 2022 – 2 Nov 2022
- Judicial Review and Courts Bill 27 Oct 2021 – 23 Nov 2021
- Justice Committee 11 May 2020 – 13 Jul 2021
Previous seats
- Liverpool, Wavertree · Elected 1 time 12 Dec 2019 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
0151 724 5767
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
333 Aigburth Road, Liverpool, L17 0BL
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Paula Barker, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Paula Barker?
Paula Barker is a Member of Parliament representing Liverpool Wavertree in the House of Commons. See Paula Barker's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Paula Barker represent?
Paula Barker sits as Labour. See Paula Barker's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Paula Barker represent?
Paula Barker is the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree. See Paula Barker's official Parliament profile.
How long has Paula Barker been an MP?
Paula Barker has served in the House of Commons for 6 years, 7 months. See Paula Barker's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Paula Barker?
Paula Barker has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Paula Barker's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.