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Gareth Bacon vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,223 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,183 different votes 1,223 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
12 Aye 22 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 30 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
96 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 135 shared votes
35 Aye 100 No
21 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 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
16 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 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