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Gareth Bacon vs Gareth Snell

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 Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Gareth Snell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 390 different votes 398 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
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
39 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
16% above average
Rank 49 of 649
Participation
41.3%
30% below average
Rank 622 of 649
1,447
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
886
2,145 eligible divisions
710
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
469
52.9% of votes cast
737
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
417
47.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
18
2.0% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 6 months
Since 23 Feb 2017

Debates

55
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
168
+88.4 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 649
70
-68.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
Contributions
261
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 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
£797,891
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£176,059
22% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Education
58 of 80 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
43 of 73 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
106 of 191 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Tax
147 of 293 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Transport
45 of 93 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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