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Gareth Bacon vs Pam Cox

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 Pam Cox
Pam Cox
Lab Colchester

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Pam Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 384 different votes 389 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
36 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 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
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 74 of 649
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
495
575 eligible divisions
707
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
249
50.3 % of votes cast
735
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
246
49.7 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Appearances
61
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
65
-73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
Contributions
75
-63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 405 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
£158,740
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£158,740
30 % 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
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Work / Employment
38 of 39 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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
Where they voted the same
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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