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Gareth Bacon vs Ms Polly Billington

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 Ms Polly Billington
Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 349 different votes 358 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 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
37 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
55 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
55 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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 49 of 649
Participation
79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 649
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
575 eligible divisions
707
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
240
52.5 % of votes cast
735
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
217
47.5 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
83
+5.4 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 649
62
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649
Contributions
119
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 240 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
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Tax
98 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
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
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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