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Gareth Bacon vs Dr Simon Opher
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Gareth Bacon and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.
8 same votes
368 different votes
376 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
87.7%
15% above average
Participation
79.8%
7% above average
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
47.3% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
248
52.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% 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
Appearances
47
-34.7 vs Commons average
77
-65.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
71
-71.3 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
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API