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Gareth Bacon vs Naz Shah

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 Naz Shah
Naz Shah
Lab Bradford West

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Naz Shah voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 944 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 913 different votes 944 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
17 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 10 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
70 Aye 33 No
Migration 4% aligned 103 shared votes
29 Aye 74 No
21 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 9 No
Transport 3% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 29 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 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 52 of 649
Participation
65.3 %
7 % below average
Rank 510 of 649
1,437
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,536
2,354 eligible divisions
704
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
856
55.7 % of votes cast
733
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
680
44.3 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

47
-28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
14
-61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
60
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 649
Contributions
17
-116.3 vs Commons average
Rank 599 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
£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,636
38 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
Housing
56 of 66 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#4
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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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