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Gareth Bacon vs David Baines

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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David Baines
Lab St Helens North

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and David Baines voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 282 different votes 292 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
43 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
43 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 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
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 487 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
393
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
48.6% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
202
51.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 580 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
£136,662
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£136,662
40% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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