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Gareth Bacon vs Jo Platt

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Jo Platt voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 373 different votes 380 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
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
36 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
54 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
54 Aye 36 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

87.6%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
Participation
78.2%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 650
1,478
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
485
620 eligible divisions
727
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
49.9% of votes cast
751
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
243
50.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Appearances
29
-64.0 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
117
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Contributions
48
-114.0 vs Commons average
Rank 536 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 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