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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 827 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 794 different votes 827 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
14 Aye 8 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 61 No
Migration 3% aligned 91 shared votes
58 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
23 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 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

63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,457
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
842
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
615
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
282
+173.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 648
Contributions
53
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648

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
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
49 of 50 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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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