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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 348 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 341 different votes 348 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
36 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 51 of 650
Participation
81.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 176 of 650
1,428
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
558 eligible divisions
701
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
223
49.1 % of votes cast
727
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
231
50.9 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 650
Appearances
78
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 650
56
-67.8 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
Contributions
86
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 325 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
£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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Education
47 of 49 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#4
Energy
16 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
57 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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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