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Derek Twigg vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood
vs
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Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Derek Twigg and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 876 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 844 different votes 876 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
24 Aye 51 No
Migration 5% aligned 75 shared votes
47 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
60 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 110 shared votes
49 Aye 61 No
17 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

58.1 %
15 % below average
Rank 587 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,371
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
792
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
579
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
25
1.8 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
43
-95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 523 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

£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
1
1 registered category
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

Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Energy
47 of 70 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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