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Sir Mel Stride vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,120 shared comparable votes.

1,117 same votes 3 different votes 1,120 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
55 Aye 87 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
55 Aye 87 No
100 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
100 Aye 40 No
64 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 130 shared votes
64 Aye 66 No
31 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 87 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
55 Aye 87 No
100 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
100 Aye 40 No
64 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 130 shared votes
64 Aye 66 No
31 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,810
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
874
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
936
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 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

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
11
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API