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Gareth Bacon vs Mr Hamish Falconer

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington
vs
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Mr Hamish Falconer
Lab Lincoln

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Mr Hamish Falconer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 278 different votes 284 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 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 542 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
371
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
186
50.1% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
185
49.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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 323 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
606
+462.5 vs Commons average
Rank 11 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
£153,826
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£153,826
32% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
25 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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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