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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 262 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 260 different votes 262 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

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 650
1,869
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
619 eligible divisions
906
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
52.4% of votes cast
963
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
221
47.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Appearances
79
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
47
-107.6 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 650
Contributions
107
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 650

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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Education
44 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
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
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