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Michelle Scrogham vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Michelle Scrogham
Michelle Scrogham
Lab Barrow and Furness
vs
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Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Michelle Scrogham and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 315 different votes 325 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
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
51 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
35 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
35 Aye 51 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

70.7%
2% below average
Rank 416 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
417
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
213
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
204
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
7
1.7% 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

35
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 532 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

£136,472
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£136,472
40% below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Transport
27 of 29 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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