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Gareth Bacon vs Chris Elmore

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 Chris Elmore
Chris Elmore
Lab Bridgend

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Chris Elmore voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,135 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,094 different votes 1,135 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
11 Aye 21 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
97 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 136 shared votes
35 Aye 101 No
19 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
32 Aye 12 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 51 of 649
Participation
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 247 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
995
54.9% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
817
45.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
10 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
41
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
239
+93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 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
£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£343,439
52% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Housing
58 of 62 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 165 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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