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Gareth Bacon vs Michael Shanks

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 Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 409 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 398 different votes 409 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
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
52 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
Participation
63.7 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 649
1,438
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
483
758 eligible divisions
705
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
48.0 % of votes cast
733
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
251
52.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

47
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Appearances
101
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
60
-73.8 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649
Contributions
377
+243.2 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Trade
11 of 12 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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