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Gareth Bacon vs Alison Bennett

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Alison Bennett voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

240 same votes 75 different votes 315 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
26 Aye 48 No
Tax 96% aligned 74 shared votes
29 Aye 45 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 93% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 6 No
Transport 81% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 7 No
Energy 33% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 16 No
Housing 62% aligned 21 shared votes
7 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
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 392 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
422
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
53.6% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
196
46.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
135
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 189 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
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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