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Alex Burghart vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 626 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 601 different votes 626 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
7 Aye 6 No
Migration 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 86 shared votes
60 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 22 No
Transport 2% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
870
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
935
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
Appearances
7
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
136
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Contributions
7
-138.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
188 of 188 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
83 of 87 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Third Reading 15 Jul 2019
Transport
Aye
Aye
Motion under section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019 9 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Draft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API