UK Parliament · member 4828
Paula Barker MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Liverpool Wavertree
- Member for this seat since
- 12 December 2019
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Paula Barker, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP
- Avanti West Coast - £2,864.00 (registered 31 March 2026)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- R&A Championships Limited - £948.00 (registered 23 July 2026)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 497 recorded divisions where Paula Barker and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Paula Barker voted the same way as most voting Labour members 489 times (98.4%).
This compares Paula Barker with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £13,311 across 61 claim lines; 2024-25: £323,627 across 115 claim lines; 2023-24: £300,136 across 89 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 51 | £9,801 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 10 | £3,510 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 1 | £235,427 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 90 | £32,106 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 14 | £31,323 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 5 | £13,663 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 4 | £10,550 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £558 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 2 | £216,167 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 21 | £27,710 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 56 | £25,050 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 6 | £19,212 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 4 | £11,997 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 November 2022 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT BUSINESS BILL | £100 | Paid |
| 25 June 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | XMA July 2025 | £99 | Paid |
| 20 April 2023 | Accommodation · Council tax | WWW.WESTMINSTER.GOV.UK | £988 | Paid |
| 7 November 2024 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT BUSINESS BILL | £98 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | MP Travel · Rail | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £9,686 | Paid |
| 4 July 2023 | Office Costs · Training - MP | SUMUP MEDIA FRIENDLY | £960 | Paid |
| 31 March 2020 | MP Travel · Parking | Aggregated figure for travel during 2019-20 | £96 | Paid |
| 31 March 2022 | MP Travel · Rail | Aggregated figure for travel during 2021-22 | £94 | Paid |
| 4 April 2022 | Accommodation · Council tax | WWW.WESTMINSTER.GOV.UK | £936 | Paid |
| 9 July 2021 | Office Costs · Advertising and contact cards | BANANAPRINT | £93 | Paid |
| 29 March 2024 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — AMAZON [***] [200010137-4354] | £913 | Paid |
| 31 March 2020 | Dependant Travel · Rail | Aggregated figure for travel during 2019-20 | £91 | Paid |
| 17 February 2025 | Office Costs · Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy — Legal advice from Solicitor regarding legal advice | £900 | Paid |
| 20 May 2020 | Office Costs · Rent | — | £900 | Paid |
| 22 April 2020 | Office Costs · Rent | — | £900 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.