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David Davis vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington
vs
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Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

David Davis and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 568 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 535 different votes 568 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
24 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 90 shared votes
65 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 5 No
Migration 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 14 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 15 No
Trade 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
47 Aye 38 No
18 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
720
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
819
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
93
6.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 649
Contributions
7
-136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£277,187
23% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
7
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
198 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 19 Jun 2019
Aye
Aye
Motion on 50th anniversary of the continuous at sea deterrent 10 Apr 2019
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
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