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Alex Norris vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Alex Norris
Alex Norris
Lab Nottingham North and Kimberley
vs
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Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Alex Norris and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,048 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,012 different votes 1,048 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 10 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 96 No
Migration 3% aligned 130 shared votes
92 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 8 No
Education 3% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 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 308 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,583
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
887
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
696
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
417
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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

£1,827,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£301,924
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 73 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 46 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
159 of 188 votes
#5
Migration
146 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
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
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
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