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Gareth Bacon vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Pat McFadden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 924 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 891 different votes 924 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
7 Aye 15 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 29 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 17 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 10 No
Transport 3% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 105 shared votes
47 Aye 58 No
26 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.7% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
659
42.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
35
-48.6 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
255
+109.3 vs Commons average
Rank 86 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
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
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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