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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 957 shared comparable votes.
954 same votes
3 different votes
957 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
87.8 %
15 % above average
Participation
70.3 %
3 % below average
1,418
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,641
2,333 eligible divisions
696
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
761
46.4 % of votes cast
722
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
880
53.6 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
46
-21.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
45
-22.0 vs Commons average
57
-62.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
55
-64.1 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
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API