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Gareth Bacon vs Brian Mathew

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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Brian Mathew
LD Melksham and Devizes

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Brian Mathew voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

228 same votes 56 different votes 284 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
26 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
26 Aye 39 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 80% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 17 No
Housing 67% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 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 49 of 649
Participation
65.2 %
7 % below average
Rank 512 of 649
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
375
575 eligible divisions
707
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
188
50.1 % of votes cast
735
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
187
49.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.9 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Appearances
79
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
65
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
87
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 363 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
£157,740
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£157,740
30 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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