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Gareth Bacon vs Emma Hardy

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 Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Emma Hardy voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,015 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 982 different votes 1,015 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
13 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
81 Aye 29 No
Migration 4% aligned 110 shared votes
25 Aye 85 No
21 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
Participation
70.6%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,497
2,121 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
807
53.9% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
690
46.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
391
+247.5 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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
£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£312,134
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
63 of 69 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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