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Alison McGovern vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 724 shared comparable votes.

723 same votes 1 different votes 724 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
75 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
75 Aye 57 No
33 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
66 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 92 shared votes
67 Aye 25 No
75 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
75 Aye 57 No
33 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

70.0 %
3 % below average
Rank 433 of 647
Participation
83.0 %
10 % above average
Rank 143 of 647
1,633
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
547 eligible divisions
908
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
224
49.3 % of votes cast
725
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
230
50.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650
Appearances
20
-46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 650
321
+203.2 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
Contributions
42
-75.8 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Migration
143 of 169 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API