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Gareth Bacon vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,181 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 1,146 different votes 1,181 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
13 Aye 21 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 29 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
32 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 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