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Gareth Bacon vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,137 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,096 different votes 1,137 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
17 Aye 28 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
94 Aye 38 No
Migration 3% aligned 132 shared votes
34 Aye 98 No
66 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 120 shared votes
51 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API