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Gareth Bacon vs Gregory Stafford

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 Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

356 same votes 0 different votes 356 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
34 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
34 Aye 51 No
25 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
34 Aye 51 No
25 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.4% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
240
53.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
Contributions
290
+144.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Tax
101 of 112 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 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
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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