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Gareth Bacon vs Peter Kyle

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 Peter Kyle
Peter Kyle
Lab Hove and Portslade

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Peter Kyle voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 827 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 799 different votes 827 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
13 Aye 16 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 19 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
79 Aye 29 No
Migration 3% aligned 108 shared votes
26 Aye 82 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 14 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 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 50 of 649
Participation
62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 545 of 649
1,438
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,477
2,356 eligible divisions
705
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
844
57.1 % of votes cast
733
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
633
42.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

47
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
Appearances
41
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 649
60
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
Contributions
208
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 109 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
£2,110,937
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£262,107
16 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
68 of 89 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Migration
122 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
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
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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