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Alex Sobel vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 994 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 964 different votes 994 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
19 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 7 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 3% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
34 Aye 93 No
Migration 2% aligned 127 shared votes
90 Aye 37 No
46 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 106 shared votes
60 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
11 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 399 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,474
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
810
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
664
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

84
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
98
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 648
Contributions
53
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Migration
139 of 161 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API