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Ed Miliband vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 538 shared comparable votes.

537 same votes 1 different votes 538 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
69 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
56 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
56 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 15 No
Trade 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 9 No
Energy 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
56 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
56 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 15 No
Trade 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 9 No
Energy 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
633
+489.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
7
-136.3 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API