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Gareth Bacon vs Jodie Gosling

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 Jodie Gosling
Jodie Gosling
Lab Nuneaton

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Jodie Gosling voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 345 different votes 353 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 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
59 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
59 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

87.6%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
Participation
72.7%
same as average
Rank 362 of 650
1,484
1,695 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
627 eligible divisions
727
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
47.8% of votes cast
757
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
238
52.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
Appearances
33
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
134
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Contributions
46
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 543 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
£192,921
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£192,921
15% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
64 of 64 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Education
45 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Tax
102 of 121 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
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
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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