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Helen Hayes vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,115 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,079 different votes 1,115 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
19 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 8 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 98 No
Migration 3% aligned 133 shared votes
94 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
31 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
11 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 225 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,838
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
1,022
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
816
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

73
+12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
100
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 222 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

£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
2
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Housing
62 of 66 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Transport
77 of 87 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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