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Gareth Bacon vs Karin Smyth
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Gareth Bacon and Karin Smyth voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,039 shared comparable votes.
36 same votes
1,003 different votes
1,039 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
87.7%
15% above average
Participation
72.6%
same as average
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.8% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
762
44.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
Appearances
107
+24.7 vs Commons average
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API