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Gareth Bacon vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Hilary Benn voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,134 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 1,095 different votes 1,134 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
14 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 31 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 11 No
Transport 3% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% 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
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 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