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Dame Diana Johnson vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Dame Diana Johnson
Dame Diana Johnson
Lab Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Dame Diana Johnson and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 775 shared comparable votes.

775 same votes 0 different votes 775 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
69 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
69 Aye 46 No
70 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
70 Aye 24 No
48 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
69 Aye 46 No
70 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
70 Aye 24 No
48 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

69.5%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,673
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
949
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
724
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

70
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Appearances
7
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
161
-1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 217 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

£2,849,618
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£246,131
9% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
9
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

Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
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