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Gareth Bacon vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

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

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

Voting record

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

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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