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Dan Carden vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Dan Carden and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 607 shared comparable votes.

601 same votes 6 different votes 607 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
61 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
61 Aye 44 No
60 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 86 shared votes
60 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
61 Aye 44 No
60 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 86 shared votes
60 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

69.0%
3% below average
Rank 444 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,483
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
816
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
48.7% of votes cast
667
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.3% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
Appearances
7
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
40
-114.7 vs Commons average
Rank 556 of 650
Contributions
7
-147.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£298,675
32% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
16
5 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

Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
162 of 189 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Trade
73 of 90 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
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