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Luke Pollard vs Richard Baker

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Richard Baker voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

288 same votes 5 different votes 293 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
35 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 650
1,501
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
636 eligible divisions
827
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
47.8% of votes cast
674
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
245
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% 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
89
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
686
+518.9 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650
Contributions
109
-58.1 vs Commons average
Rank 365 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
£179,133
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£179,133
21% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Trade
74 of 90 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API