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Gareth Bacon vs Andy MacNae

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 Andy MacNae
Andy MacNae
Lab Rossendale and Darwen

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Andy MacNae voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 411 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 403 different votes 411 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
37 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
7 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
33 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

87.6%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 97 of 650
1,478
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
525
620 eligible divisions
727
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
49.5% of votes cast
751
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
265
50.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
Appearances
54
-37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
97
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Contributions
58
-100.3 vs Commons average
Rank 507 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
£220,783
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£220,783
2% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
64 of 64 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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