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Sarah Pochin vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 170 shared comparable votes.

166 same votes 4 different votes 170 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
9 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
1 Aye 16 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 1 No
Transport 89% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
1 Aye 16 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 598 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
221
389 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
97
43.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
124
56.1 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
7
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

96
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
115
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
7
5 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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Migration
146 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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