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Gareth Bacon vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 349 different votes 355 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
32 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
55 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
55 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 51 of 650
Participation
81.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 177 of 650
1,424
1,622 eligible divisions
Total votes
451
554 eligible divisions
701
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
236
52.3 % of votes cast
723
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
215
47.7 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
29
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
57
-62.6 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
35
-84.6 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
1
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
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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