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Gareth Thomas vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 694 shared comparable votes.

693 same votes 1 different votes 694 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
63 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
63 Aye 48 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 23 No
Transport 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 15 No
Trade 96% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
63 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
63 Aye 48 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 23 No
Transport 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
684
43.3% 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
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
48
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 513 of 649
Contributions
7
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
14
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
180 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada 8 Feb 2017
Trade
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
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API