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Gareth Bacon vs Christian Wakeford

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Christian Wakeford voted the same way 36% of the time, based on 1,186 shared comparable votes.

429 same votes 757 different votes 1,186 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
27 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 84% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 19 No
Trade 63% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 54% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 52% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 24 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
24 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 29 No
Education 7% aligned 42 shared votes
28 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
86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
684
47.9% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
745
52.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
1
-82.6 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
1
-144.7 vs Commons average
Rank 633 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
£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£335,718
48% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
69 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 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