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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
Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
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 1,035 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 1,002 different votes 1,035 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
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
81 Aye 36 No
Migration 3% aligned 117 shared votes
33 Aye 84 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 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% 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 52 of 649
Participation
73.2 %
1 % above average
Rank 354 of 649
1,437
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,724
2,354 eligible divisions
704
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
980
56.8 % of votes cast
733
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
744
43.2 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

47
-28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
114
+38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
60
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 649
Contributions
153
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 172 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
50 of 51 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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