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Taiwo Owatemi vs Gareth Bacon

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

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Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Taiwo Owatemi and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 937 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 903 different votes 937 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 7 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 6 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 71 No
Migration 4% aligned 100 shared votes
67 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 24 No
Transport 3% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

75.2 %
2 % above average
Rank 319 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,198
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
644
53.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
554
46.2 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
13
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

4
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 648
Appearances
42
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 648
8
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 648
Contributions
53
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£280,621
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Crime / Justice
152 of 173 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
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