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Ian Lavery vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,125 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,087 different votes 1,125 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
25 Aye 20 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 98 No
Migration 3% aligned 132 shared votes
94 Aye 38 No
51 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 120 shared votes
66 Aye 54 No
35 Aye 11 No
Education 2% aligned 46 shared votes
12 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
33 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

76.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 283 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,799
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
1,002
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
797
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
107
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 286 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

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Defence
66 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
146 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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: 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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