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Gregory Stafford vs David Baines

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

Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon
vs
Photograph of David Baines
David Baines
Lab St Helens North

Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and David Baines voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 252 different votes 272 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
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 12 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
41 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
41 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 487 of 649
448
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
393
590 eligible divisions
208
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
48.6% of votes cast
240
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
202
51.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Appearances
26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 649
289
+145.5 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£136,662
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15% below average
Latest expenses
£136,662
40% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
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

Tax
101 of 112 votes
#1
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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