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Gareth Bacon vs Lauren Edwards

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Lauren Edwards voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 419 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 410 different votes 419 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
28 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
40 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
51 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
51 Aye 40 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

87.6%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
Participation
85.6%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 650
1,478
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
531
620 eligible divisions
727
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
48.8% of votes cast
751
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
272
51.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Appearances
46
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
95
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Contributions
67
-91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£133,786
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£133,786
41% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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
64 of 64 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Defence
32 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API