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Gareth Bacon vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Nick Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,090 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,052 different votes 1,090 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 19 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
69 Aye 31 No
Migration 4% aligned 100 shared votes
27 Aye 73 No
17 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
35 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
32 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% 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
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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