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Luke Pollard vs David Baines

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and David Baines voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 250 shared comparable votes.

246 same votes 4 different votes 250 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
34 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

69.3%
3% below average
Rank 437 of 650
Participation
67.9%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 650
1,501
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
432
636 eligible divisions
827
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
49.1% of votes cast
674
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
220
50.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 650
Appearances
24
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
686
+518.9 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650
Contributions
25
-142.1 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£136,662
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£136,662
40% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
3
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

Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#1
Benefits
29 of 32 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Trade
74 of 90 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API