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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.

Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington
vs
Photograph of Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Lauren Edwards voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 373 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 365 different votes 373 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
26 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
38 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 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 647
Participation
87.0 %
14 % above average
Rank 62 of 647
1,418
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
547 eligible divisions
696
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
241
50.6 % of votes cast
722
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
235
49.4 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Appearances
43
-23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
57
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 650
Contributions
57
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 434 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
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Defence
27 of 27 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API