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Lewis Cocking vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Lewis Cocking and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

412 same votes 0 different votes 412 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
36 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

77.9 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
448
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
204
45.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
244
54.5 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
155
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 174 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

£181,438
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£181,438
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Migration
146 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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