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Gareth Bacon vs Emma Lewell

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 Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Emma Lewell voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,037 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 998 different votes 1,037 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
14 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 43 shared votes
31 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
83 Aye 30 No
Migration 4% aligned 113 shared votes
26 Aye 87 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 24 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,686
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.5% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
750
44.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
13 years, 5 months
Since 2 May 2013

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
74
-9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
76
-69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 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
£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£300,553
33% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Transport
81 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Education
78 of 96 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
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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
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