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Andy Slaughter vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Andy Slaughter
Andy Slaughter
Lab Hammersmith and Chiswick
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Andy Slaughter and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 919 shared comparable votes.

915 same votes 4 different votes 919 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
74 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 134 shared votes
74 Aye 60 No
51 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 85 shared votes
51 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
67 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 96 shared votes
70 Aye 26 No
74 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 134 shared votes
74 Aye 60 No
51 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 85 shared votes
51 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

81.5%
9% above average
Rank 167 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,962
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
1,086
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
876
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

90
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650
Appearances
7
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
154
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Contributions
7
-154.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£285,386
26% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Housing
65 of 67 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
68 of 71 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
75 of 80 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API