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Gareth Bacon vs Mr Paul Foster

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 Paul Foster
Mr Paul Foster
Lab South Ribble

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 387 different votes 396 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
20 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
49 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
49 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
33 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

87.6%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 161 of 650
1,478
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
620 eligible divisions
727
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
49.7% of votes cast
751
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
255
50.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.6% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Appearances
51
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650
100
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650
Contributions
89
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 412 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
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
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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