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Gareth Bacon vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 832 shared comparable votes.

812 same votes 20 different votes 832 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
58 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
58 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 7 No
Brexit / EU 86% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 15 No
Trade 88% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
45 Aye 94 No
Tax 99% aligned 139 shared votes
47 Aye 92 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
57.0%
15% below average
Rank 594 of 650
1,487
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,417 eligible divisions
729
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
636
46.2% of votes cast
758
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
741
53.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
43 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

67
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
Appearances
134
+39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
131
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 650
Contributions
119
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
39 of 47 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Transport
74 of 98 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No rebel
No
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
Aye
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
No rebel
Aye
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
No rebel
Aye
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4J 27 Apr 2021
No rebel
Aye
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E 22 Mar 2021
No rebel
Aye
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 6B and propose amendments (a) to (c) in lieu 9 Feb 2021
Trade
No rebel
Aye
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1B 9 Feb 2021
Trade
No rebel
No
Environment Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 39 26 Jan 2021
Environment / Climate
Aye rebel
No
Environment Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 5 26 Jan 2021
Environment / Climate
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
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. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
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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