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Mr Toby Perkins vs Gareth Bacon

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

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Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield
vs
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Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,061 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 1,026 different votes 1,061 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
14 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
61 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 132 shared votes
69 Aye 63 No
22 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 346 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,733
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
959
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
774
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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

£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
#5
Migration
146 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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