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Gareth Bacon vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,160 shared comparable votes.

1,155 same votes 5 different votes 1,160 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
57 Aye 87 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
57 Aye 87 No
100 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
100 Aye 40 No
65 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 131 shared votes
65 Aye 66 No
31 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 87 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
57 Aye 87 No
100 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
100 Aye 40 No
65 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 131 shared votes
65 Aye 66 No
31 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 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
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.4% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
954
51.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Appearances
29
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 649
77
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
Contributions
47
-95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 512 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
27
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
204 of 211 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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