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Gareth Bacon vs Valerie Vaz
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Gareth Bacon and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,121 shared comparable votes.
37 same votes
1,084 different votes
1,121 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
87.7%
15% above average
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API