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Gareth Bacon vs Sir Julian Lewis

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 Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,280 shared comparable votes.

1,253 same votes 27 different votes 1,280 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
67 Aye 107 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
67 Aye 107 No
23 Aye 38 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 61 shared votes
23 Aye 38 No
15 Aye 36 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 27 No
Defence 88% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 29 No
Trade 90% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
81 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 146 shared votes
80 Aye 66 No
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 31 No
Benefits 98% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 201 of 650
1,487
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,929
2,417 eligible divisions
729
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
47.2% of votes cast
758
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,019
52.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

67
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
Appearances
392
+297.5 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
131
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 650
Contributions
512
+347.4 vs Commons average
Rank 24 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Brexit / EU
194 of 212 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Victims and Prisoners Bill Report Stage: New Clause 27 4 Dec 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 161 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 159 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 117 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 151 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 22B 26 Jun 2023
Defence
No rebel
Aye
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 122 3 May 2023
Defence
No rebel
Aye
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 22 3 May 2023
Defence
No rebel
No
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill Committee: New Clause 29 7 Mar 2022
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
No
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 7 Mar 2022
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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