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Gareth Bacon vs Lewis Cocking

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 Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

377 same votes 0 different votes 377 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
36 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
Participation
78.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 648
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
526 eligible divisions
683
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
45.0 % of votes cast
718
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
227
55.0 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
Appearances
72
+11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
53
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648
Contributions
110
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
19 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
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