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Chris Evans vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Chris Evans
Chris Evans
Lab Caerphilly
vs
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Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Chris Evans and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,021 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 983 different votes 1,021 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
15 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 89 No
Migration 3% aligned 116 shared votes
85 Aye 31 No
51 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 121 shared votes
70 Aye 51 No
22 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 384 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
941
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
766
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
19
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 578 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

£2,706,428
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£290,268
28% above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Housing
56 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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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