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Gareth Bacon vs Dame Meg Hillier

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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Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,052 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,016 different votes 1,052 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
10 Aye 21 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 29 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 107 shared votes
53 Aye 54 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
202
+58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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