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Matt Bishop vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 238 different votes 244 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
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
45 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
27 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
27 Aye 45 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API