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Gareth Bacon vs Emily Thornberry

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 Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 869 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 847 different votes 869 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
14 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
79 Aye 31 No
Migration 3% aligned 110 shared votes
28 Aye 82 No
60 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 100 shared votes
39 Aye 61 No
42 Aye 73 No
Tax 1% aligned 115 shared votes
72 Aye 43 No
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
28 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
6 Aye 28 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 50 of 649
Participation
61.9 %
11 % below average
Rank 556 of 649
1,438
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
2,356 eligible divisions
705
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
811
55.6 % of votes cast
733
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
648
44.4 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

47
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
Appearances
74
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
60
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
Contributions
114
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
167 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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