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Jess Asato vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Jess Asato
Jess Asato
Lab Lowestoft
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Jess Asato and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 321 different votes 329 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 4 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
53 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
33 Aye 53 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
33 Aye 53 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

80.3 %
7 % above average
Rank 199 of 647
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 58 of 647
428
533 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,407
1,601 eligible divisions
214
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
688
48.9 % of votes cast
214
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
719
51.1 % of votes cast
13
3.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

28
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 647
Appearances
44
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 647
33
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 647
Contributions
55
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£194,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£194,965
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
3
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 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
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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