The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Gareth Bacon vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 204 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 199 different votes 204 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 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 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
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 103 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API