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Jess Phillips vs Gareth Bacon

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley
vs
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Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 981 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 951 different votes 981 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 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 5 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
35 Aye 94 No
Migration 3% aligned 129 shared votes
90 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
27 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 443 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,635
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
939
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
696
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

54
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
245
+106.7 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650
Contributions
65
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
178 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
146 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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