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Gareth Bacon vs Andrew Ranger

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
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Andrew Ranger
Lab Wrexham

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Andrew Ranger voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 387 different votes 394 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
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
37 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 52 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
1,450
1,654 eligible divisions
Total votes
498
586 eligible divisions
713
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
49.8% of votes cast
737
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
250
50.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
24
-56.6 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649
72
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649
Contributions
34
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£139,164
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£139,164
38% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Benefits
28 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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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