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Gareth Bacon vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 878 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 855 different votes 878 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
13 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
79 Aye 31 No
Migration 3% aligned 110 shared votes
28 Aye 82 No
60 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 100 shared votes
39 Aye 61 No
42 Aye 73 No
Tax 1% aligned 115 shared votes
72 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
28 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
6 Aye 28 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
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% 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, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 238 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
167 of 211 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API