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Gareth Bacon vs Jonathan Reynolds

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 Jonathan Reynolds
Jonathan Reynolds
Lab Stalybridge and Hyde

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Jonathan Reynolds voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 922 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 887 different votes 922 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
8 Aye 19 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 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
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 507 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,558
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.5% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
662
42.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
4
-79.6 vs Commons average
Rank 632 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
38
-107.7 vs Commons average
Rank 555 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
£2,977,024
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£244,258
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
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
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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