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Gareth Bacon vs Melanie Ward

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 Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Melanie Ward voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 340 different votes 351 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
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
52 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
52 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
90
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 365 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
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 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 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 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
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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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