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Catherine McKinnell vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Catherine McKinnell and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 952 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 921 different votes 952 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
16 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 5 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 83 No
Migration 4% aligned 114 shared votes
79 Aye 35 No
16 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
5 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

68.4 %
5 % below average
Rank 470 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,582
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
872
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
710
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

25
-35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
50
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 449 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

£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£312,180
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
6
4 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

Work / Employment
63 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Housing
53 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Trade
69 of 88 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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