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Gareth Bacon vs Leigh Ingham

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 Leigh Ingham
Leigh Ingham
Lab Stafford

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Leigh Ingham voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 278 different votes 284 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 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
34 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
34 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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 51 of 650
Participation
66.3 %
6 % below average
Rank 499 of 650
1,432
1,631 eligible divisions
Total votes
373
563 eligible divisions
703
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
185
49.6 % of votes cast
729
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
188
50.4 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
Appearances
104
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650
61
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
Contributions
116
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 221 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
£240,870
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£240,870
7 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#4
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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
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