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James Wild vs David Baines

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

Photograph of James Wild
James Wild
Con North West Norfolk
vs
Photograph of David Baines
David Baines
Lab St Helens North

Voting alignment

James Wild and David Baines voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 243 different votes 248 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
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

86.6 %
13 % above average
Rank 79 of 648
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 475 of 648
1,380
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
358
526 eligible divisions
679
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
178
49.7 % of votes cast
701
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
180
50.3 % of votes cast
11
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 648
Appearances
20
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 648
196
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 648
Contributions
22
-87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£985,585
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£136,662
all imported IPSA years
£228,734
1 % above average
Latest expenses
£136,662
40 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 23 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#3
Energy
14 of 17 votes
Defence
55 of 58 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
17 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API