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Gareth Bacon vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 495 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 481 different votes 495 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
5 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 11 No
Migration 11% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
3 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 18 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 67 No
Tax 0% aligned 106 shared votes
67 Aye 39 No
12 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% 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, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 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