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Gareth Bacon vs Dr Rupa Huq

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
Photograph of Dr Rupa Huq
Dr Rupa Huq
Lab Ealing Central and Acton

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Dr Rupa Huq voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,067 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 1,035 different votes 1,067 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
14 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
82 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 121 shared votes
35 Aye 86 No
17 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
13 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,754
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
961
54.8% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
793
45.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
58
-85.5 vs Commons average
Rank 479 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
£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£234,745
4% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
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