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Gareth Bacon vs Jim McMahon

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Jim McMahon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,034 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 1,002 different votes 1,034 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
9 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 19 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
90 Aye 32 No
Migration 3% aligned 122 shared votes
28 Aye 94 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above 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
64 of 69 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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