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Gareth Bacon vs Alex Sobel

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Alex Sobel voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 1,002 different votes 1,033 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 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 10 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 24 No
Benefits 3% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
90 Aye 37 No
Migration 2% aligned 127 shared votes
34 Aye 93 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 33 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
33 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
824
54.2% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
696
45.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
111
+28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
139
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£328,194
45% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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