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Gareth Bacon vs Sir Mark Hendrick

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
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Sir Mark Hendrick
Lab Preston

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Sir Mark Hendrick voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 792 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 751 different votes 792 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
7 Aye 10 No
Energy 12% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
55 Aye 33 No
Migration 5% aligned 88 shared votes
29 Aye 59 No
10 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 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
55.8%
17% below average
Rank 602 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,326
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
731
55.1% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
595
44.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 10 months
Since 23 Nov 2000

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
3
-79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
6
-137.5 vs Commons average
Rank 628 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
£2,661,205
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£295,956
31% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
175 of 211 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
37 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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