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Cat Smith vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,080 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,043 different votes 1,080 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
26 Aye 22 No
Benefits 6% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
34 Aye 98 No
Migration 3% aligned 132 shared votes
94 Aye 38 No
11 Aye 22 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 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

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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