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Gareth Bacon vs Matt Bishop

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Matt Bishop voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 238 different votes 244 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 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
52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
312
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
145
46.5% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
167
53.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
32
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 531 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
£157,583
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£157,583
30% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Tax
77 of 112 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Energy
13 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API