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Gareth Bacon vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 946 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 915 different votes 946 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
62 Aye 24 No
Migration 5% aligned 86 shared votes
20 Aye 66 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 3% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 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
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
77 of 91 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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