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Gareth Bacon vs Dr Ben Spencer
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Gareth Bacon and Dr Ben Spencer voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,328 shared comparable votes.
1,320 same votes
8 different votes
1,328 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
87.6%
15% above average
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
1,475
1,683 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,384
1,683 eligible divisions
727
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
669
48.3% of votes cast
748
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.9% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
62
-25.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
111
+23.2 vs Commons average
82
-71.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
228
+74.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£263,058
16% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API