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Gareth Bacon vs Sir Stephen Timms

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Sir Stephen Timms voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,150 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,110 different votes 1,150 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
11 Aye 21 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
96 Aye 38 No
Migration 3% aligned 134 shared votes
34 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 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
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
842
45.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 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
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£272,963
21% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
65 of 69 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 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