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David Baines vs Mark Garnier

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


Voting alignment

David Baines and Mark Garnier voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 267 different votes 271 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
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 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
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
393
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
191
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
48.9% of votes cast
202
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
15
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

27
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 649
Appearances
76
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
Contributions
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£136,662
40% below average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
22
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
210 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API