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Gareth Bacon vs Matt Western

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Matt Western voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,046 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,006 different votes 1,046 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
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 22 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 21 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
93 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 132 shared votes
35 Aye 97 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 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
74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
877
55.8% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
694
44.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
93
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
109
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£312,296
38% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API