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Gareth Bacon vs Kirsteen Sullivan

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 Kirsteen Sullivan
Kirsteen Sullivan
Lab Bathgate and Linlithgow

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Kirsteen Sullivan voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 310 different votes 318 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
4 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
51 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
51 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
Participation
71.1 %
2 % below average
Rank 404 of 649
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
409
575 eligible divisions
707
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
223
54.5 % of votes cast
735
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
186
45.5 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
14
3.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
Appearances
74
-4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
64
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 649
Contributions
90
-48.6 vs Commons average
Rank 350 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
£198,590
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£198,590
12 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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