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Michelle Welsh vs Dame Harriett Baldwin

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

Photograph of Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest
vs
Photograph of Dame Harriett Baldwin
Dame Harriett Baldwin
Con West Worcestershire

Voting alignment

Michelle Welsh and Dame Harriett Baldwin voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 350 different votes 355 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
52 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
34 Aye 52 No
26 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
34 Aye 52 No
26 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

82.8 %
10 % above average
Rank 145 of 650
Participation
81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 166 of 650
466
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,920
2,349 eligible divisions
240
51.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
906
47.2 % of votes cast
226
48.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,014
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

47
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Appearances
101
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650
60
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
128
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,455
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,496,334
all imported IPSA years
£179,455
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£247,722
10 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
207 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 70 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
148 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API