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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 1,156 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 1,117 different votes 1,156 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 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 98 No
Migration 3% aligned 133 shared votes
94 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
31 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
847
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

105
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
133
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649
Contributions
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649

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
1
1 registered category
4
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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