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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 357 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 350 different votes 357 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
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 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 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 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

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
Participation
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.3% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
228
49.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Appearances
32
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
77
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
Contributions
53
-89.3 vs Commons average
Rank 493 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
2
2 registered categories
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 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