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Tahir Ali vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Tahir Ali
Tahir Ali
Lab Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,104 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 1,071 different votes 1,104 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
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
35 Aye 86 No
Migration 3% aligned 121 shared votes
82 Aye 39 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

76.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,218
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
653
53.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
565
46.4 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
33
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 648
Contributions
53
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£264,884
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
49 of 54 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Environment / Climate
35 of 41 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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