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Andrew Pakes vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Pakes and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

370 same votes 8 different votes 378 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
19 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 406 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 650
449
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
636 eligible divisions
214
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
49.4% of votes cast
235
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
268
50.6% of votes cast
13
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

89
-7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Appearances
7
-89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
107
-60.2 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Contributions
7
-160.2 vs Commons average
Rank 628 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£183,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£183,832
19% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
8
4 registered categories
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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