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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.

Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,079 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,042 different votes 1,079 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
34 Aye 15 No
Education 2% aligned 49 shared votes
16 Aye 33 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 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
11 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

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 318 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
755
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650
Contributions
65
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650

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
2
2 registered categories
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
58 of 66 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
Migration
146 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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