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Chris Law vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 438 shared comparable votes.

358 same votes 80 different votes 438 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
10 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
65 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 93 shared votes
68 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 12 No
Trade 96% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Energy 42% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 4 No
Benefits 60% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
58 Aye 35 No
Tax 68% aligned 93 shared votes
56 Aye 37 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

51.1%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,229
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
678
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
551
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Appearances
7
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
65
-97.0 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
Contributions
7
-155.0 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
196 of 212 votes
#1
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Trade
64 of 94 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API