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Gareth Bacon vs Ed Miliband

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Ed Miliband voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 757 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 725 different votes 757 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
12 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 15 No
Education 6% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 78 shared votes
27 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 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
55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
724
55.4% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.6% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
58
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
662
+516.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
171 of 211 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Trade
60 of 91 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