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Gareth Bacon vs Dr Allison Gardner

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 Dr Allison Gardner
Dr Allison Gardner
Lab Stoke-on-Trent South

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 359 different votes 367 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
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
34 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
55 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
55 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 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 650
Participation
85.5 %
13 % above average
Rank 88 of 650
1,421
1,619 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
551 eligible divisions
699
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
233
49.5 % of votes cast
722
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
238
50.5 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
53
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
57
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Contributions
88
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Housing
30 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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
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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