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Gareth Bacon vs Liz Twist

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 Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Liz Twist voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,064 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,020 different votes 1,064 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
10 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 14 No
Energy 8% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 29 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 85 No
Tax 0% aligned 139 shared votes
85 Aye 54 No
24 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 34 No
Education 0% aligned 48 shared votes
34 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 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
84.6%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,121 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
974
54.3% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
820
45.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
16
0.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
151
+5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 205 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
£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£305,039
35% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
68 of 69 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 55 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 163 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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