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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
Ind Southend East and Rochford

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Mr Bayo Alaba voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 324 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
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
33 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
40 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
40 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 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

87.5%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
Participation
65.1%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 650
1,487
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
411
631 eligible divisions
729
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
50.9% of votes cast
758
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
202
49.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
2.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
Appearances
46
-48.2 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 650
131
-33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Contributions
50
-114.1 vs Commons average
Rank 532 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
64 of 64 votes
#1
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Transport
24 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Housing
23 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
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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