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Gareth Bacon vs Jake Richards

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Jake Richards voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 311 different votes 318 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
43 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
43 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

87.5%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
Participation
70.0%
2% below average
Rank 423 of 650
1,487
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
631 eligible divisions
729
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
50.9% of votes cast
758
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
217
49.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
Appearances
72
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
131
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 650
Contributions
296
+131.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
64 of 64 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API