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Gareth Bacon vs Sarah Sackman

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 Sackman
Sarah Sackman
Lab Finchley and Golders Green

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Sarah Sackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 336 different votes 342 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
68.9%
3% below average
Rank 442 of 650
1,487
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
435
631 eligible divisions
729
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
51.7% of votes cast
758
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
210
48.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Appearances
67
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
132
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Contributions
373
+208.2 vs Commons average
Rank 46 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
£206,246
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£206,246
9% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 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
64 of 64 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
60 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
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