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Gareth Bacon vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Bill Esterson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,037 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,000 different votes 1,037 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
9 Aye 22 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
78 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 117 shared votes
35 Aye 82 No
20 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
50 of 56 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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