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Richard Baker vs Kit Malthouse

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

Photograph of Richard Baker
Richard Baker
Lab Glenrothes and Mid Fife
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Photograph of Kit Malthouse
Kit Malthouse
Con North West Hampshire

Voting alignment

Richard Baker and Kit Malthouse voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 322 different votes 330 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
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
48 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
36 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
36 Aye 48 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 329 of 649
Participation
86.0%
13% above average
Rank 77 of 649
438
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,044
2,376 eligible divisions
211
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.9% of votes cast
227
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,065
52.1% of votes cast
13
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Appearances
81
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649
Contributions
121
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£179,133
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
£179,133
21% below average
Latest expenses
£293,019
30% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Trade
88 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 171 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
61 of 66 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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