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Gareth Bacon vs Tim Farron

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Tim Farron voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 959 shared comparable votes.

220 same votes 739 different votes 959 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
12 Aye 17 No
Education 66% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 55% aligned 42 shared votes
9 Aye 33 No
36 Aye 83 No
Tax 50% aligned 119 shared votes
64 Aye 55 No
26 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 36% aligned 50 shared votes
14 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 27% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 19 No
Trade 3% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
77 Aye 37 No
Migration 4% aligned 114 shared votes
33 Aye 81 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
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
54.7% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
674
45.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

62
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
Appearances
158
+73.2 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
83
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
Contributions
180
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
25
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
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 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