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Gareth Bacon vs Sir Oliver Dowden
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Gareth Bacon and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,015 shared comparable votes.
1,010 same votes
5 different votes
1,015 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
87.6%
15% above average
Participation
70.7%
2% below average
1,478
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,406 eligible divisions
727
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
751
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
64
-27.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
59
-32.8 vs Commons average
97
-62.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
65
-94.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API