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Gareth Bacon vs Jim Dickson

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 Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Jim Dickson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 393 different votes 400 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
38 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
57 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
57 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
16% above average
Rank 49 of 649
Participation
88.5%
17% above average
Rank 38 of 649
1,447
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
582 eligible divisions
710
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
48.2% of votes cast
737
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
267
51.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
128
+48.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
70
-68.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
Contributions
143
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 202 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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