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Gareth Snell vs David Baines

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

Photograph of Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
vs
Photograph of David Baines
David Baines
Lab St Helens North

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and David Baines voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

377 same votes 3 different votes 380 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
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

86.9%
15% above average
Rank 55 of 650
Participation
67.6%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 650
539
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
419
620 eligible divisions
263
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
48.2% of votes cast
276
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
217
51.8% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

203
+109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650
Appearances
27
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 650
308
+144.5 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
Contributions
29
-134.5 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£136,662
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£136,662
40% below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API