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Gareth Bacon vs Katie White

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 Katie White
Katie White
Lab Leeds North West

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Katie White voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 351 different votes 358 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
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
37 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 650
1,478
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
620 eligible divisions
727
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
45.4% of votes cast
751
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
255
54.6% 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
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Appearances
53
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
121
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Contributions
196
+34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 167 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
£150,289
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£150,289
34% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Education
44 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Transport
25 of 30 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 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
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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