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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 0% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 219 different votes 220 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
25 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 648
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 274 of 648
1,810
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
406
526 eligible divisions
874
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
55.4 % of votes cast
936
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
181
44.6 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.7 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 648
Appearances
44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 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

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23 % below average
11
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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 169 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Education
43 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
52 of 61 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 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
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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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