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Gareth Bacon vs Pete Wishart

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 Pete Wishart
Pete Wishart
SNP Perth and Kinross-shire

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Pete Wishart voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 763 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 695 different votes 763 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
35 Aye 79 No
Tax 34% aligned 114 shared votes
72 Aye 42 No
7 Aye 17 No
Energy 29% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 24% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
1 Aye 6 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
54.3%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
716
55.5% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
573
44.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Appearances
99
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
77
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
Contributions
121
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 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
£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£294,385
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
195 of 211 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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