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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 678 shared comparable votes.

666 same votes 12 different votes 678 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
60 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 110 shared votes
60 Aye 50 No
68 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
68 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 14 No
Trade 92% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
60 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 110 shared votes
60 Aye 50 No
68 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
68 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
1,338
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
525
631 eligible divisions
759
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
49.3% of votes cast
579
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
266
50.7% of votes cast
21
1.6% 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

44
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
Appearances
7
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
50
-114.6 vs Commons average
Rank 533 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

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
147 of 212 votes
#1
Transport
66 of 98 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 47 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