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Andy McDonald vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,110 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,069 different votes 1,110 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
18 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 98 No
Migration 3% aligned 127 shared votes
94 Aye 33 No
36 Aye 14 No
Education 2% aligned 50 shared votes
15 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,787
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
995
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
792
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
13 years, 8 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
129
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
Contributions
65
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Migration
146 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
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