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Gareth Bacon vs Dr Zubir Ahmed

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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Dr Zubir Ahmed
Lab Glasgow South West

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Dr Zubir Ahmed voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 330 different votes 340 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
40 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
40 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
435
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
52.2% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
208
47.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
71
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
150
+6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 202 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
£243,911
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£243,911
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 20 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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