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Catherine West vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,055 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,019 different votes 1,055 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 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
34 Aye 99 No
Migration 3% aligned 133 shared votes
95 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Contributions
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Education
86 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API