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Jeff Smith vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,047 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,011 different votes 1,047 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
22 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 93 No
Migration 3% aligned 120 shared votes
89 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API