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Gareth Bacon vs Tony Vaughan

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 Tony Vaughan
Tony Vaughan
Lab Folkestone and Hythe

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Tony Vaughan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 342 different votes 349 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
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
26 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
52 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
52 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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
81.0 %
8 % above average
Rank 184 of 650
1,428
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
558 eligible divisions
701
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
228
50.4 % of votes cast
727
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
224
49.6 % 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

45
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 650
Appearances
43
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
56
-67.8 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
Contributions
67
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 408 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
£231,055
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£231,055
2 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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Voting source Commons Votes API