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Gareth Bacon vs Dan Carden

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

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

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Dan Carden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 948 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 924 different votes 948 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
65 Aye 25 No
Migration 6% aligned 90 shared votes
20 Aye 70 No
18 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
44 Aye 106 No
Tax 1% aligned 150 shared votes
104 Aye 46 No
62 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 103 shared votes
40 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 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

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 52 of 649
Participation
69.1 %
4 % below average
Rank 450 of 649
1,437
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,450
2,099 eligible divisions
704
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
806
55.6 % of votes cast
733
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
644
44.4 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

47
-28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
22
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649
60
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 649
Contributions
31
-102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
5 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 85 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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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