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Gareth Bacon vs Jim Shannon

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Jim Shannon voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 1,264 shared comparable votes.

918 same votes 346 different votes 1,264 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
16 Aye 35 No
Education 92% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 23 No
Energy 91% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
67 Aye 114 No
Tax 87% aligned 181 shared votes
80 Aye 101 No
21 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 86% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 48% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
73 Aye 35 No
Migration 52% aligned 108 shared votes
71 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 32 No
Benefits 55% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 55% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 25 No
Housing 55% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 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
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
1,276
+1193.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
1,633
+1489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 2 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
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
205 of 211 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API