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Gareth Bacon vs Lucy Powell

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Lucy Powell voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 957 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 927 different votes 957 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
10 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
77 Aye 28 No
Migration 4% aligned 105 shared votes
24 Aye 81 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 33 No
Education 0% aligned 46 shared votes
33 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 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
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% 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
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 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