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Gareth Bacon vs Luke Myer

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 Luke Myer
Luke Myer
Lab Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Luke Myer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 391 different votes 401 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
2 Aye 4 No
Trade 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
57 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 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 52 of 649
Participation
87.2%
15% above average
Rank 59 of 649
1,452
1,656 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
588 eligible divisions
714
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
49.3% of votes cast
738
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.4% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
Appearances
115
+33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649
77
-65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
Contributions
137
-5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 218 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
£206,085
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£206,085
9% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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