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Dr Simon Opher vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 368 different votes 376 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 21% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
51 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
40 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
40 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

79.8%
7% above average
Rank 202 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
223
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
248
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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

£204,255
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
11
5 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

#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Defence
33 of 34 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