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Graham Stringer vs Gareth Bacon

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 844 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 815 different votes 844 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
10 Aye 11 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 4 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 82 No
Migration 4% aligned 108 shared votes
78 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

58.0 %
15 % below average
Rank 594 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,342
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
676
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
666
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
112
8.3 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
33
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 648
Contributions
53
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29 % below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Migration
121 of 169 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Transport
62 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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