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Gareth Bacon vs Kate Dearden

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 Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Lab Halifax

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Kate Dearden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 348 different votes 355 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 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
27 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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 48 of 650
Participation
84.5%
12% above average
Rank 101 of 650
1,478
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
620 eligible divisions
727
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
254
48.5% of votes cast
751
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
270
51.5% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
Appearances
109
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
121
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
Contributions
271
+107.5 vs Commons average
Rank 96 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
£175,203
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£175,203
23% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
64 of 64 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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