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Gareth Bacon vs Sojan Joseph

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 Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 427 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 417 different votes 427 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
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
40 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 98 shared votes
58 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 98 shared votes
58 Aye 40 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
16% above average
Rank 49 of 649
Participation
93.5%
22% above average
Rank 5 of 649
1,447
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
544
582 eligible divisions
710
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
50.6% of votes cast
737
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
269
49.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.2% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
Appearances
77
-3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
70
-69.4 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Contributions
94
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 340 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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