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Gareth Bacon vs Chris Law

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Chris Law voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 707 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 639 different votes 707 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
40 Aye 82 No
Tax 39% aligned 122 shared votes
72 Aye 50 No
5 Aye 12 No
Energy 29% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 7 No
Transport 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 12 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 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
51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
674
55.1% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
549
44.9% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Appearances
58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 649
77
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
Contributions
67
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 446 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
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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