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David Baines vs David Simmonds

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of David Baines
David Baines
Lab St Helens North
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

David Baines and David Simmonds voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 247 different votes 262 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 487 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
393
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
191
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
202
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
15
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£136,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£136,662
40% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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