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Gareth Bacon vs Keir Mather

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 Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Keir Mather voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 437 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 424 different votes 437 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 5 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 8 No
Migration 11% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
48 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
796 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
524
+380.5 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above 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
Education
50 of 52 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 33 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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