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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 404 shared comparable votes.

404 same votes 0 different votes 404 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 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 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
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 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
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 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

79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 647
Participation
83.8 %
11 % above average
Rank 131 of 647
559
706 eligible divisions
Total votes
450
537 eligible divisions
290
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
223
49.6 % of votes cast
269
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
227
50.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 647
Appearances
20
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 647
61
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 647
Contributions
42
-71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 647

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
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
8 of 8 votes
#2
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

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
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API