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Gareth Bacon vs Rachael Maskell

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 Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Rachael Maskell voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,234 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,185 different votes 1,234 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
19 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 30 No
Benefits 6% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
73 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 136 shared votes
61 Aye 75 No
97 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 136 shared votes
35 Aye 101 No
21 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 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
84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
912
45.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
47
2.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
256
+172.3 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
Contributions
310
+164.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 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
£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£256,869
14% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Education
91 of 96 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Transport
89 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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