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Gareth Bacon vs Catherine Fookes

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Catherine Fookes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 358 different votes 365 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
51 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
51 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 196 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
51.1% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
231
48.9% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Appearances
77
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
77
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
Contributions
107
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 310 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
£211,272
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£211,272
7% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 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