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Gareth Bacon vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 978 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 944 different votes 978 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
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 3% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% 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
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Trade
67 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