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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.


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,137 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,101 different votes 1,137 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 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
35 Aye 87 No
Migration 3% aligned 122 shared votes
83 Aye 39 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 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
33 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
11 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
664
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
593
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
Contributions
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API