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Laura Trott vs David Baines

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

Photograph of Laura Trott
Laura Trott
Con Sevenoaks
vs
Photograph of David Baines
David Baines
Lab St Helens North

Voting alignment

Laura Trott and David Baines voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 172 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 167 different votes 172 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
5 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

75.2 %
2 % above average
Rank 318 of 648
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 475 of 648
1,198
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
358
526 eligible divisions
615
51.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
178
49.7 % of votes cast
583
48.7 % of votes cast
No votes
180
50.3 % of votes cast
6
0.5 % 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

28
-32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 648
Appearances
20
-40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 648
41
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 648
Contributions
22
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,164,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£136,662
all imported IPSA years
£284,794
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£136,662
40 % below average
12
4 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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 23 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 44 votes
#3
Energy
14 of 17 votes
Defence
48 of 58 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
143 of 173 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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Pensions 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 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
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
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API