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Gregory Stafford vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

349 same votes 0 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
34 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
34 Aye 51 No
25 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
34 Aye 51 No
25 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
437
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
202
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
235
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

143
+65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
281
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650
Contributions
65
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15 % below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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

Tax
100 of 111 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#5
Migration
146 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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