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Gareth Bacon vs Mr Toby Perkins

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
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Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,057 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 1,022 different votes 1,057 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
15 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 29 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 21 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
69 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 132 shared votes
61 Aye 71 No
13 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 29 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
28 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 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 52 of 649
Participation
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 350 of 649
1,437
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,727
2,354 eligible divisions
704
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
956
55.4 % of votes cast
733
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
771
44.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

47
-28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
73
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
60
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 649
Contributions
133
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 197 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 169 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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