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Katie Lam vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

306 same votes 0 different votes 306 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
35 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
35 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
35 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 464 of 647
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 647
373
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,418
1,615 eligible divisions
181
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
696
49.1 % of votes cast
192
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
722
50.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
+12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Appearances
46
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 649
88
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Contributions
57
-61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£223,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Tax
100 of 108 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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