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Gareth Bacon vs Sir John Hayes

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 Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,287 shared comparable votes.

1,275 same votes 12 different votes 1,287 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
80 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 150 shared votes
80 Aye 70 No
31 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
91 Aye 38 No
Migration 98% aligned 129 shared votes
94 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 98% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 23 No
Trade 98% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 36 No
Education 98% aligned 52 shared votes
15 Aye 37 No
65 Aye 110 No
Tax 99% aligned 175 shared votes
64 Aye 111 No

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

Voting record

87.6%
15% above average
Rank 45 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 650
1,478
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,967
2,405 eligible divisions
727
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
47.3% of votes cast
751
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,036
52.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

61
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
Appearances
124
+36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
81
-71.2 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Contributions
248
+95.8 vs Commons average
Rank 94 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
202 of 211 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 81 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 62 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
No rebel
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
No rebel
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
No rebel
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
No rebel
Aye
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2B and to Lords Amendment 3B and propose amendments (a) and (b) in lieu 9 Feb 2021
Trade
No rebel
No
New Clause 1: Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords] Committee Stage 17 Jun 2020
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API