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Gareth Bacon vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Helen Whately voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,291 shared comparable votes.

1,287 same votes 4 different votes 1,291 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
59 Aye 115 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
59 Aye 115 No
100 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 139 shared votes
100 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 34 No
Benefits 100% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
68 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 124 shared votes
66 Aye 58 No
59 Aye 115 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
59 Aye 115 No
100 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 139 shared votes
100 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 34 No
Benefits 100% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API