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Gareth Bacon vs Joe Powell

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Joe Powell 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
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
37 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
37 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 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
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 650
1,478
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
620 eligible divisions
727
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
46.8% of votes cast
751
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
247
53.2% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
Appearances
105
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
121
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
Contributions
141
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 266 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
£214,410
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£214,410
5% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Energy
18 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

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