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Gareth Bacon vs Rachel Hopkins

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Rachel Hopkins voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,241 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,199 different votes 1,241 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
19 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 31 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 22 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
97 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 136 shared votes
35 Aye 101 No
20 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 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
84.9%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,408
1,658 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
746
53.0% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
662
47.0% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
100
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 334 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
£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£253,152
12% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Housing
53 of 54 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Education
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
143 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 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