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Naz Shah vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Naz Shah
Naz Shah
Lab Bradford West
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Naz Shah and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 948 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 917 different votes 948 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
17 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 9 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 74 No
Migration 4% aligned 103 shared votes
70 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 24 No
Transport 3% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

65.3 %
7 % below average
Rank 511 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,541
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
858
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
683
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
14
0.9 % 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

16
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
19
-119.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 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

£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£312,636
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
9
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

Housing
56 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
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