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Gareth Bacon vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Andy McDonald voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,116 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,073 different votes 1,116 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
12 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 29 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 19 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
94 Aye 33 No
Migration 3% aligned 127 shared votes
29 Aye 98 No
20 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
90
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
120
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API