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Gareth Bacon vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 71% of the time, based on 874 shared comparable votes.

623 same votes 251 different votes 874 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
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 92% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 20 No
Energy 90% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 17 No
Benefits 52% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
60 Aye 22 No
Migration 55% aligned 82 shared votes
51 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 58% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 59% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 20 No
Defence 60% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% 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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API