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Matt Rodda vs Gareth Bacon

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

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Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Matt Rodda and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,150 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,109 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
20 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 8 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 98 No
Migration 3% aligned 132 shared votes
94 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 180 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,678
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
925
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
753
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 648
Appearances
42
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 648
90
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 648
Contributions
53
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£254,181
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Defence
57 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Housing
51 of 54 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Education
69 of 75 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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