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Gareth Bacon vs Samantha Niblett

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 Samantha Niblett
Samantha Niblett
Lab South Derbyshire

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Samantha Niblett voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 371 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 363 different votes 371 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
38 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 94 shared votes
56 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 94 shared votes
56 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
27 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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
81.7%
9% above average
Rank 167 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
49.0% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
246
51.0% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Appearances
80
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 649
77
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
Contributions
86
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 376 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
£212,260
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£212,260
6% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Education
48 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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