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Peter Swallow vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Peter Swallow
Peter Swallow
Lab Bracknell
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Peter Swallow and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 360 different votes 367 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

86.2 %
13 % above average
Rank 75 of 650
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 52 of 650
475
551 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,421
1,619 eligible divisions
231
48.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
49.2 % of votes cast
244
51.4 % of votes cast
No votes
722
50.8 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % 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

162
+94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Appearances
46
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
240
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Contributions
57
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£169,409
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£169,409
25 % below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
2
2 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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