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David Smith vs Sir Nicholas Dakin
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
David Smith and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 397 shared comparable votes.
387 same votes
10 different votes
397 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
71.1%
1% below average
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
452
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
636 eligible divisions
224
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
49.4% of votes cast
228
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
268
50.6% of votes cast
16
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
98
+1.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
7
-90.0 vs Commons average
142
-27.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
7
-162.2 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
6
3 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API