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Gareth Bacon vs Louise Sandher-Jones

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 Louise Sandher-Jones
Louise Sandher-Jones
Lab North East Derbyshire

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Louise Sandher-Jones voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 327 different votes 332 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
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
35 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
48 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
48 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 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

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
Participation
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 328 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
438
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
50.0% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
219
50.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
77
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 649
Contributions
187
+44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 145 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
£179,498
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£179,498
21% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Energy
18 of 20 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
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
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
Where they voted the same
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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