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Gareth Bacon vs Sarah 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 Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Sarah Jones voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 933 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 902 different votes 933 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
8 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
91 Aye 32 No
Migration 3% aligned 123 shared votes
28 Aye 95 No
16 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 21 No
Benefits 3% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 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 50 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 481 of 649
1,438
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,407
2,101 eligible divisions
705
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
784
55.7 % of votes cast
733
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
623
44.3 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

47
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
Appearances
83
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
60
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
Contributions
460
+325.5 vs Commons average
Rank 21 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
£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£279,929
24 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 85 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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