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Gareth Bacon vs Dame Nia Griffith

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

Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington
vs
Photograph of Dame Nia Griffith
Dame Nia Griffith
Lab Llanelli

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Dame Nia Griffith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,156 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,114 different votes 1,156 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 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 22 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
95 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 134 shared votes
35 Aye 99 No
20 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
31 Aye 11 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
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,849
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
55.3% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
826
44.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
16
0.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
71
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
84
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£279,114
23% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Migration
148 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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