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Valerie Vaz vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,115 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 1,081 different votes 1,115 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 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
34 Aye 97 No
Migration 2% aligned 131 shared votes
94 Aye 37 No
39 Aye 15 No
Education 2% aligned 54 shared votes
16 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,815
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
1,023
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
792
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
15
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 607 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

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Migration
146 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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