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Helena Dollimore vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Helena Dollimore
Helena Dollimore
Lab Hastings and Rye
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Helena Dollimore and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 353 different votes 361 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
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
44 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
37 Aye 44 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
37 Aye 44 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 260 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
456
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
218
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
238
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
3
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
106
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 324 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

£222,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£222,164
2% below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Transport
26 of 29 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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