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Gareth Bacon vs Dr Peter Prinsley

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 Peter Prinsley
Dr Peter Prinsley
Lab Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Dr Peter Prinsley voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 370 different votes 377 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
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
38 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
46 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
46 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 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

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 52 of 649
Participation
82.8%
10% above average
Rank 139 of 649
1,452
1,656 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
588 eligible divisions
714
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
50.5% of votes cast
738
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
241
49.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
Appearances
160
+78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
77
-65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
Contributions
235
+92.8 vs Commons average
Rank 96 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
£206,728
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£206,728
9% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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 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
Where they voted the same
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
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
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