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Gareth Bacon vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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 Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,073 shared comparable votes.

1,068 same votes 5 different votes 1,073 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
45 Aye 92 No
Tax 100% aligned 137 shared votes
45 Aye 92 No
65 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
65 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 91% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 12 No
Transport 97% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
56 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 113 shared votes
57 Aye 56 No
45 Aye 92 No
Tax 100% aligned 137 shared votes
45 Aye 92 No
65 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
65 Aye 37 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 56 of 647
Participation
72.3 %
1 % below average
Rank 379 of 647
1,413
1,610 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,684
2,328 eligible divisions
692
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
770
45.7 % of votes cast
721
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
914
54.3 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

45
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 647
Appearances
65
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 647
56
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 647
Contributions
88
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 88 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
No rebel
No rebel
Public Order Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 18 Oct 2022
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022 11 Jul 2022
Transport
No rebel
No
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API