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Gareth Bacon vs Jess Asato

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 Jess Asato
Jess Asato
Lab Lowestoft

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Jess Asato voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 336 different votes 344 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
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
53 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
53 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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 51 of 650
Participation
79.9 %
7 % above average
Rank 205 of 650
1,428
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
558 eligible divisions
701
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.1 % of votes cast
727
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
227
50.9 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
13
2.9 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Appearances
26
-43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
55
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Contributions
27
-96.9 vs Commons average
Rank 570 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
£194,965
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,965
14 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API