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Sarah Champion vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Sarah Champion
Sarah Champion
Lab Rotherham
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Sarah Champion and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,013 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 980 different votes 1,013 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
19 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
34 Aye 97 No
Migration 3% aligned 131 shared votes
93 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

70.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 428 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,657
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
906
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
751
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
13 years, 8 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
83
-55.3 vs Commons average
Rank 380 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

£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£291,263
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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

Migration
144 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 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 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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