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Gareth Bacon vs Emily Darlington

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 Emily Darlington
Emily Darlington
Lab Milton Keynes Central

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Emily Darlington voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 405 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 398 different votes 405 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
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
56 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
56 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
16% above average
Rank 49 of 649
Participation
88.1%
17% above average
Rank 41 of 649
1,447
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
582 eligible divisions
710
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
52.8% of votes cast
737
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
242
47.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
88
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
70
-68.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
Contributions
116
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 271 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
£124,936
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£124,936
45% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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