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Gareth Bacon vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,272 shared comparable votes.

1,247 same votes 25 different votes 1,272 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
80 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 152 shared votes
80 Aye 72 No
34 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 30 No
Benefits 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 25 No
Trade 90% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
94 Aye 41 No
Migration 93% aligned 135 shared votes
93 Aye 42 No
21 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 21 No
Energy 97% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 33 No
Housing 98% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

87.5%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
Participation
81.2%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
1,487
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
729
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.8% of votes cast
758
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

67
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
Appearances
98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
131
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 650
Contributions
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
64 of 64 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API