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David Baines vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

David Baines and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

371 same votes 8 different votes 379 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
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

67.9%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 650
432
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
636 eligible divisions
212
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
49.4% of votes cast
220
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
268
50.6% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

25
-71.1 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650
Appearances
7
-89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
26
-141.2 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
Contributions
7
-160.2 vs Commons average
Rank 628 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£136,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£136,662
40% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#1
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API