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Gareth Bacon vs Ed Davey

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 Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Ed Davey voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 837 shared comparable votes.

174 same votes 663 different votes 837 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 25 No
Education 71% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 58% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 73 No
Tax 43% aligned 104 shared votes
62 Aye 42 No
9 Aye 15 No
Housing 42% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 25% aligned 40 shared votes
10 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
64 Aye 37 No
Migration 3% aligned 101 shared votes
34 Aye 67 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 49 of 649
Participation
60.4 %
12 % below average
Rank 572 of 649
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
2,106 eligible divisions
707
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
713
56.1 % of votes cast
735
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
558
43.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

52
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
60
-18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
65
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Contributions
98
-40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 323 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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