Compare

Gareth Bacon vs Lee Barron

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 Lee Barron
Lee Barron
Lab Corby and East Northamptonshire

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Lee Barron voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 334 different votes 341 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 21% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
34 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 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
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 294 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.5% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
239
53.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Appearances
42
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 649
77
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
Contributions
45
-97.3 vs Commons average
Rank 527 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
£218,179
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£218,179
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Tax
95 of 112 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Education
42 of 50 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
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API