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Gareth Bacon vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 355 different votes 357 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
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
39 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
57 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
57 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API