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Gareth Bacon vs Kirsty Blackman
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Gareth Bacon and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 765 shared comparable votes.
66 same votes
699 different votes
765 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
55.9%
17% below average
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
89
+7.3 vs Commons average
77
-65.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
130
-12.3 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API