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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.


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,071 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,035 different votes 1,071 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
19 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 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
Most different by topic
29 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 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

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 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
7
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
52 of 53 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API