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Richard Burgon vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Richard Burgon
Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,157 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,119 different votes 1,157 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
25 Aye 19 No
Education 9% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 22 No
Benefits 4% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
33 Aye 96 No
Migration 2% aligned 129 shared votes
93 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

80.3 %
7 % above average
Rank 202 of 647
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 57 of 647
1,865
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,605 eligible divisions
1,027
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
690
48.9 % of votes cast
838
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
720
51.1 % of votes cast
40
2.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

73
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 647
Appearances
44
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 647
82
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Contributions
55
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
7
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

Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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