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Dan Carden vs Gareth Bacon

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

Photograph of Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Dan Carden and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 955 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 931 different votes 955 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
20 Aye 71 No
Migration 5% aligned 91 shared votes
66 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 20 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
104 Aye 46 No
Tax 1% aligned 150 shared votes
44 Aye 106 No
40 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 103 shared votes
62 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

68.8%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
1,460
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
808
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
652
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
37
-108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 560 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

£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£298,675
32% above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
16
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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