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Daniel Zeichner vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Daniel Zeichner
Daniel Zeichner
Lab Cambridge
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Daniel Zeichner and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 873 shared comparable votes.

865 same votes 8 different votes 873 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
70 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
70 Aye 55 No
52 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 94 shared votes
68 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 17 No
Trade 97% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 17 No
Energy 97% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
70 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
70 Aye 55 No
52 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

79.8%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,920
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
1,066
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
48.7% of votes cast
854
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.3% of votes cast
14
0.7% 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

57
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Appearances
7
-81.8 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Contributions
7
-147.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,007,954
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£266,524
18% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Work / Employment
75 of 80 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
191 of 212 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada 8 Feb 2017
Trade
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Opposition Motion: The Government's plan for Brexit (Prime Minister's Amdt) 7 Dec 2016
Aye
No rebel
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
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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Voting source Commons Votes API