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Gareth Bacon vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Steve Darling voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

231 same votes 68 different votes 299 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 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
29 Aye 43 No
Tax 97% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
3 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 93% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 87% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 16 No
Housing 67% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 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
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
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
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API