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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 334 shared comparable votes.

334 same votes 0 different votes 334 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
37 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
37 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
37 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
128
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 250 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

£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
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Tax
102 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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