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Gareth Bacon vs Graham Stringer

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 Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Graham Stringer voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 869 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 837 different votes 869 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
9 Aye 12 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
79 Aye 30 No
Migration 4% aligned 109 shared votes
26 Aye 83 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 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
57.7%
15% below average
Rank 589 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,372
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
685
49.9% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
687
50.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
115
8.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
44
-101.7 vs Commons average
Rank 533 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
£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£160,334
29% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Migration
123 of 171 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
47 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Housing
44 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
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 Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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