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Gareth Bacon vs Tom 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
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Tom Hayes
Lab Bournemouth East

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Tom Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 355 different votes 361 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
35 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
50 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
50 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 51 of 650
Participation
82.7 %
10 % above average
Rank 150 of 650
1,424
1,622 eligible divisions
Total votes
458
554 eligible divisions
701
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
223
48.7 % of votes cast
723
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
235
51.3 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650
Appearances
129
+61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
57
-63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Contributions
172
+51.6 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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
£222,072
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£222,072
2 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#3
Transport
24 of 25 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
56 of 61 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
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