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Mark Garnier vs Alex Baker

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Alex Baker
Alex Baker
Lab Aldershot

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Alex Baker voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 311 different votes 314 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 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
29 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

84.2 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 648
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 274 of 648
1,946
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
406
526 eligible divisions
946
48.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
55.4 % of votes cast
1,000
51.4 % of votes cast
No votes
181
44.6 % of votes cast
23
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.7 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
+9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 648
Appearances
44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 648
234
+125.1 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 648
Contributions
48
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23 % below average
19
7 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
83 of 88 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Education
43 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 65 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
52 of 61 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API