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Gareth Bacon vs Chris Evans

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 Evans
Chris Evans
Lab Caerphilly

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Chris Evans voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,021 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 983 different votes 1,021 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
12 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
85 Aye 31 No
Migration 3% aligned 116 shared votes
27 Aye 89 No
70 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 121 shared votes
51 Aye 70 No
10 Aye 21 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 27 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 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
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 384 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
941
55.1% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
766
44.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 578 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
£2,706,428
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£290,268
28% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
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
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
56 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
58 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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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