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Sir Mel Stride vs Alex Baker

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

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
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Photograph of Alex Baker
Alex Baker
Lab Aldershot

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Alex Baker voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 249 different votes 251 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 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
27 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
Participation
77.8%
6% above average
Rank 247 of 649
1,847
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
453
582 eligible divisions
894
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
53.6% of votes cast
953
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
210
46.4% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

27
-53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
Appearances
65
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 649
45
-94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Contributions
90
-49.4 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
9
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API