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Sir Mark Tami vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Sir Mark Tami
Sir Mark Tami
Lab Alyn and Deeside
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Sir Mark Tami and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,201 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,160 different votes 1,201 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
15 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
33 Aye 99 No
Migration 3% aligned 132 shared votes
95 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 148 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,946
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
1,065
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
881
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
15
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

0
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 646 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
0
-138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 645 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

£2,953,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£286,200
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 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
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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
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