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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 3% of the time, based on 889 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 859 different votes 889 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 79 No
Migration 3% aligned 112 shared votes
76 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

65.7 %
8 % below average
Rank 510 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,519
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
850
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
669
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
38 years, 11 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

13
-47.4 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 648
Contributions
53
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648

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
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
49 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Trade
70 of 88 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 75 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Migration
127 of 169 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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