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Gareth Bacon vs Victoria Collins

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 Victoria Collins
Victoria Collins
LD Harpenden and Berkhamsted

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Victoria Collins voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

232 same votes 54 different votes 286 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
11 Aye 21 No
Education 97% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 50 No
Tax 96% aligned 77 shared votes
30 Aye 47 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 5 No
Defence 88% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 6 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 17 No
Housing 67% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 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
68.3 %
4 % below average
Rank 463 of 650
1,428
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
381
558 eligible divisions
701
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
201
52.8 % of votes cast
727
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
180
47.2 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % 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 417 of 650
Appearances
90
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
55
-68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Contributions
112
-11.8 vs Commons average
Rank 229 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
£204,083
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£204,083
10 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
6 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#4
Education
41 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Trade
4 of 5 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API