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Gareth Bacon vs Sarah 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 Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Sarah Edwards voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 365 different votes 374 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 60 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
60 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 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
64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 533 of 647
1,418
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
458
716 eligible divisions
696
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
260
56.8 % of votes cast
722
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
198
43.2 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

46
-20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Appearances
40
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
57
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 650
Contributions
61
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 414 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
£322,568
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£237,152
5 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 12 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#2
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Tax
94 of 135 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 26 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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
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
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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