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Bill Esterson vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 770 shared comparable votes.

769 same votes 1 different votes 770 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
70 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
70 Aye 54 No
69 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
33 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 15 No
Trade 97% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
70 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
70 Aye 54 No
69 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
33 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
78
-64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
Contributions
7
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
5
3 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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API