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Gareth Bacon vs Richard Foord

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Richard Foord voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 571 shared comparable votes.

220 same votes 351 different votes 571 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
9 Aye 21 No
Education 87% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 55 No
Tax 71% aligned 84 shared votes
41 Aye 43 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 62% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
2 Aye 13 No
Benefits 60% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
51 Aye 21 No
Migration 6% aligned 72 shared votes
17 Aye 55 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
61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
664
1,087 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
358
53.9% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
306
46.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
244
+160.4 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
267
+121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
24 of 29 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Migration
74 of 97 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