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Gareth Bacon vs Christian Wakeford

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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Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Christian Wakeford voted the same way 36% of the time, based on 1,174 shared comparable votes.

428 same votes 746 different votes 1,174 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
27 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 84% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 65% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 19 No
Trade 63% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 54% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 52% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 24 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
24 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 29 No
Education 7% aligned 42 shared votes
28 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
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
707
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
680
48.1 % of votes cast
735
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
734
51.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

52
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
1
-77.0 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
65
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Contributions
1
-137.5 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£335,718
48 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
69 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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