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Gareth Bacon vs Richard Foord

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 Foord
Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Richard Foord voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 562 shared comparable votes.

218 same votes 344 different votes 562 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
9 Aye 21 No
Education 87% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 55 No
Tax 71% aligned 84 shared votes
41 Aye 43 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 62% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
2 Aye 13 No
Benefits 60% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
51 Aye 21 No
Migration 6% aligned 72 shared votes
17 Aye 55 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
61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 566 of 649
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
654
1,072 eligible divisions
707
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
350
53.5 % of votes cast
735
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
304
46.5 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

52
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 649
Appearances
231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
65
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649
Contributions
255
+117.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
24 of 29 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
33 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
74 of 97 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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