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Gareth Bacon vs Brian Mathew

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Brian Mathew voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

233 same votes 62 different votes 295 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 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
26 Aye 39 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 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 5 No
Transport 80% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 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
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
388
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
50.5% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
192
49.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
Contributions
92
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 364 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
£157,740
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£157,740
30% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 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