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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,122 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 1,088 different votes 1,122 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
28 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 90 No
Migration 3% aligned 123 shared votes
86 Aye 37 No
14 Aye 28 No
Transport 2% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

76.7 %
4 % above average
Rank 273 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,812
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
1,007
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
805
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
25
1.4 % 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

44
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
45
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
5
1 registered category
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 43 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 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
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
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
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