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Gareth Bacon vs Richard Baker

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 Richard Baker
Richard Baker
Lab Glenrothes and Mid Fife

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Richard Baker voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 322 different votes 331 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
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
37 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
50 Aye 37 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
50 Aye 37 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 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
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
430
575 eligible divisions
707
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
208
48.4 % of votes cast
735
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
222
51.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.8 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
48
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 649
64
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
60
-79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£179,133
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£179,133
21 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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