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Gareth Bacon vs Mr Bayo Alaba

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 Mr Bayo Alaba
Mr Bayo Alaba
Lab Southend East and Rochford

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Mr Bayo Alaba voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 309 different votes 315 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
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 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
70.1 %
3 % below average
Rank 428 of 650
1,428
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
558 eligible divisions
701
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
198
50.6 % of votes cast
727
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
193
49.4 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
9
2.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Appearances
39
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
59
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Contributions
46
-78.8 vs Commons average
Rank 498 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
£178,644
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,644
21 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 33 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Trade
4 of 5 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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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