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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.


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 711 shared comparable votes.

710 same votes 1 different votes 711 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 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
63 Aye 49 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 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 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
63 Aye 49 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 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 485 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,600
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
901
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
699
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Appearances
7
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
56
-106.0 vs Commons average
Rank 512 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

£2,854,227
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 212 votes
#1
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API