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Andy McDonald vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,073 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,033 different votes 1,073 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
18 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 97 No
Migration 3% aligned 126 shared votes
93 Aye 33 No
35 Aye 14 No
Education 2% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 307 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
979
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
765
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
20
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

80
+19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 193 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

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
1
1 registered category
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

Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API