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Gareth Bacon vs Blair McDougall

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 Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Blair McDougall voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 309 different votes 316 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 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
72.2 %
1 % below average
Rank 380 of 650
1,428
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
403
558 eligible divisions
701
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
208
51.6 % of votes cast
727
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
195
48.4 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
12
3.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Appearances
32
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
59
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Contributions
190
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 105 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Transport
23 of 26 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Work / Employment
32 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
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
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 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
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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