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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 844 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 811 different votes 844 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
19 Aye 3 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 62 No
Migration 3% aligned 92 shared votes
59 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 97 shared votes
47 Aye 50 No
24 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

62.6 %
10 % below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,477
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
851
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
626
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
413
+274.7 vs Commons average
Rank 31 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

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 43 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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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