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David Baines vs Dr Andrew Murrison

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
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Dr Andrew Murrison
Con South West Wiltshire

Voting alignment

David Baines and Dr Andrew Murrison voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 292 different votes 311 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 6 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
43 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
26 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
26 Aye 43 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 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
83.0%
10% above average
Rank 134 of 649
393
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,973
2,376 eligible divisions
191
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
942
47.7% of votes cast
202
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,031
52.3% of votes cast
15
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 649
Appearances
225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
Contributions
267
+123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 74 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
£1,842,285
all imported IPSA years
£136,662
40% below average
Latest expenses
£170,920
24% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Work / Employment
69 of 77 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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