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Gareth Bacon vs Rishi Sunak

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 Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Rishi Sunak voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 5 different votes 343 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
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 10 No
Migration 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 14 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 10 No
Migration 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

87.5%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
Participation
41.6%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 650
1,487
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,005
2,417 eligible divisions
729
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
454
45.2% of votes cast
758
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
551
54.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

67
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
131
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 650
Contributions
63
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 498 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£166,813
26% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 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
64 of 64 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 212 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
61 of 94 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
47 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Transport
52 of 98 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
20 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye rebel
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
No
Agriculture Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 2 (Neil Parish) 13 May 2020
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API