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Ms Diane Abbott vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 892 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 860 different votes 892 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
17 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 19 No
Transport 4% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
33 Aye 80 No
Migration 3% aligned 113 shared votes
77 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

64.1%
9% below average
Rank 531 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 576 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

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
3
3 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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API