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David Baines vs Siân Berry

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 Siân Berry
Siân Berry
Green Brighton Pavilion

Voting alignment

David Baines and Siân Berry voted the same way 54% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

167 same votes 141 different votes 308 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 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Energy 82% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 70% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 38% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 43% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 50% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 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
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 649
393
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
590 eligible divisions
191
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
55.2% of votes cast
202
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
210
44.8% of votes cast
15
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

27
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
Contributions
225
+79.1 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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
£220,854
all imported IPSA years
£136,662
40% below average
Latest expenses
£220,854
2% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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