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Barry Gardiner vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 730 shared comparable votes.

717 same votes 13 different votes 730 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
76 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
76 Aye 48 No
66 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 92 shared votes
66 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 88% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 17 No
Trade 97% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
76 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
76 Aye 48 No
66 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 92 shared votes
66 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 487 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
1,611
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
525
631 eligible divisions
899
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
49.3% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
266
50.7% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
7
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
93
-71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 650
Contributions
7
-157.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
12
5 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

Trade
77 of 94 votes
#1
Transport
80 of 98 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API