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Gareth Bacon vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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 Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,132 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,096 different votes 1,132 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
19 Aye 30 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
86 Aye 37 No
Migration 3% aligned 123 shared votes
33 Aye 90 No
19 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 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
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,824
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,008
55.3% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
816
44.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% 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
51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
52
-91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 498 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
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