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Sir Mel Stride vs David Baines

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 David Baines
David Baines
Lab St Helens North

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and David Baines voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 204 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 201 different votes 204 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
19 Aye 0 No
21 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 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
66.2%
5% below average
Rank 489 of 649
1,847
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
582 eligible divisions
894
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
190
49.4% of votes cast
953
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
195
50.6% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4% 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
25
-55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 649
45
-94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Contributions
27
-112.4 vs Commons average
Rank 578 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
£136,662
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£136,662
40% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 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
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API