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Gareth Bacon vs Shivani Raja

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 Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Shivani Raja voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

339 same votes 0 different votes 339 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
24 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
24 Aye 46 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
24 Aye 46 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 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
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
16
-67.6 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
18
-127.7 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 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
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API