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Gareth Bacon vs Alex Norris

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

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

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Alex Norris voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,045 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,009 different votes 1,045 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
12 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
91 Aye 38 No
Migration 3% aligned 129 shared votes
34 Aye 95 No
9 Aye 29 No
Education 3% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 52 of 649
Participation
75.2 %
3 % above average
Rank 308 of 649
1,437
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,578
2,099 eligible divisions
704
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
886
56.1 % of votes cast
733
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
692
43.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

47
-28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
41
-34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 649
60
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 649
Contributions
349
+215.7 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,827,073
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£301,924
33 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 161 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 46 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
159 of 188 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
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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