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Gareth Bacon vs Jas Athwal

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 Jas Athwal
Jas Athwal
Lab Ilford South

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Jas Athwal voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 370 different votes 375 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
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
38 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
57 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
57 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
Participation
84.5 %
12 % above average
Rank 106 of 649
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
575 eligible divisions
707
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
236
48.6 % of votes cast
735
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
250
51.4 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 649
Appearances
52
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
65
-72.8 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649
Contributions
65
-72.8 vs Commons average
Rank 439 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
£164,547
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£164,547
27 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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