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Gareth Bacon vs John McDonnell
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Gareth Bacon and John McDonnell voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,197 shared comparable votes.
39 same votes
1,158 different votes
1,197 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
87.7%
15% above average
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106
15 Apr 2026
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API