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Gareth Bacon vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Ruth Jones voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,141 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 1,106 different votes 1,141 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
17 Aye 28 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
96 Aye 34 No
Migration 3% aligned 130 shared votes
30 Aye 100 No
18 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 406 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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