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Samantha Dixon vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston
vs
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Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Samantha Dixon and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 592 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 573 different votes 592 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
10 Aye 8 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 57 No
Migration 5% aligned 74 shared votes
53 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 23 shared votes
1 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
735
999 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
361
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
374
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 1 Dec 2022
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

75
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
288
+142.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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

£667,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£311,379
38% above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Trade
20 of 23 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Migration
83 of 97 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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