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Dame Meg Hillier vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,012 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 979 different votes 1,012 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
23 Aye 8 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 84 No
Migration 3% aligned 117 shared votes
81 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 107 shared votes
54 Aye 53 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

73.4 %
same as average
Rank 359 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,698
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
967
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
731
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

88
+27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
120
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
8
2 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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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