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Gareth Bacon vs Helen Hayes

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 Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Helen Hayes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,156 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 1,117 different votes 1,156 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
13 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 28 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 20 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
94 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 133 shared votes
35 Aye 98 No
20 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
31 Aye 12 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
847
44.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
127
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 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
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
65 of 69 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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 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
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