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Claire Hughes vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 431 shared comparable votes.

431 same votes 0 different votes 431 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
41 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
41 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
41 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
530
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
271
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
259
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

0
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
0
-143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 643 of 649
Contributions
7
-136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
0
0 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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