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Nick Smith vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Gareth Bacon 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
21 Aye 9 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 73 No
Migration 4% aligned 100 shared votes
69 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

95
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
125
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 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

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API