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Gareth Bacon vs Max Wilkinson

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 Max Wilkinson
Max Wilkinson
LD Cheltenham

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Max Wilkinson voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

225 same votes 63 different votes 288 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
11 Aye 22 No
Education 97% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 50 No
Tax 96% aligned 79 shared votes
32 Aye 47 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 5 No
Defence 88% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 7 No
Energy 33% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 8 No
Housing 42% aligned 12 shared votes
7 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
68.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 463 of 650
1,432
1,631 eligible divisions
Total votes
384
563 eligible divisions
703
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
215
56.0 % of votes cast
729
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
169
44.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.8 % 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
88
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
61
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
Contributions
110
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 238 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
£196,958
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£196,958
13 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#4
Education
42 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Tax
86 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API