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Gareth Bacon vs Jess Phillips

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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Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Jess Phillips voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 990 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 959 different votes 990 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
13 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
9 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 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
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 444 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,645
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
57.3% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
702
42.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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
£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£267,662
18% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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
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