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Gareth Bacon vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 1,035 shared comparable votes.

224 same votes 811 different votes 1,035 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
10 Aye 24 No
Education 76% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 62% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
40 Aye 90 No
Tax 52% aligned 130 shared votes
68 Aye 62 No
26 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 37% aligned 49 shared votes
13 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 28 No
Defence 26% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
81 Aye 27 No
Migration 3% aligned 108 shared votes
24 Aye 84 No
7 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
844
54.3% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
710
45.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
Appearances
150
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
83
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
Contributions
213
+65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 125 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
170 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 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