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Chris Murray vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Chris Murray and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 347 different votes 352 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
50 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
36 Aye 50 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
36 Aye 50 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 650
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 51 of 650
445
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,432
1,631 eligible divisions
218
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
703
49.1 % of votes cast
227
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
729
50.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

36
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650
Appearances
48
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
44
-81.8 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 650
Contributions
61
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,520
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£194,520
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 51 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 37 votes
#5
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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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