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David Baines vs Jeremy Corbyn

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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Jeremy Corbyn
YP Islington North

Voting alignment

David Baines and Jeremy Corbyn voted the same way 57% of the time, based on 214 shared comparable votes.

123 same votes 91 different votes 214 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 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 80% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 78% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 31% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 6 No
Education 38% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 38% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
0 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 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
62.3%
10% below average
Rank 553 of 649
393
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,481
2,376 eligible divisions
191
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
822
55.5% of votes cast
202
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
659
44.5% of votes cast
15
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

27
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 649
Appearances
138
+54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
Contributions
195
+49.1 vs Commons average
Rank 142 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
£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
£136,662
40% below average
Latest expenses
£284,788
26% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
29
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
51 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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