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Debbie Abrahams vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Debbie Abrahams and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 796 shared comparable votes.

793 same votes 3 different votes 796 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
65 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 121 shared votes
65 Aye 56 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
45 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 76 shared votes
45 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 23 No
Transport 100% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 11 No
Trade 95% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
65 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 121 shared votes
65 Aye 56 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
45 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 76 shared votes
45 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 23 No
Transport 100% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

70.4%
2% below average
Rank 416 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,693
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
918
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
775
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
15 years, 9 months
Since 13 Jan 2011
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
Appearances
7
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
80
-82.0 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Contributions
7
-155.0 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£290,169
28% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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
72 of 80 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 212 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Transport
79 of 96 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
46 of 56 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
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
No rebel
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada 8 Feb 2017
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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