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Charlotte Nichols vs Gareth Bacon

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

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Charlotte Nichols
Lab Warrington North
vs
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Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Charlotte Nichols and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,123 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 1,092 different votes 1,123 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
11 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 97 No
Migration 3% aligned 123 shared votes
93 Aye 30 No
55 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 122 shared votes
66 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
38 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 52 shared votes
14 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,268
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
653
51.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
615
48.5 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
20
-118.3 vs Commons average
Rank 599 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

£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£305,109
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Education
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Housing
49 of 53 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Energy
43 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Defence
61 of 70 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
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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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
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