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Gareth Bacon vs Catherine Fookes

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 Catherine Fookes
Catherine Fookes
Lab Monmouthshire

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Catherine Fookes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 339 different votes 345 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
51 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
51 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 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
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 195 of 650
1,428
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
558 eligible divisions
701
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
231
51.4 % of votes cast
727
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
218
48.6 % 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

44
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 650
Appearances
50
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
54
-69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650
Contributions
74
-49.1 vs Commons average
Rank 377 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
£211,272
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£211,272
7 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Transport
25 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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
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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