The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Alistair Strathern vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 436 shared comparable votes.

436 same votes 0 different votes 436 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
41 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
41 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
41 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
294
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649
Contributions
7
-136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
2
2 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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API