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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 664 shared comparable votes.

663 same votes 1 different votes 664 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 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 109 shared votes
63 Aye 46 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
19 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 15 No
Trade 96% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
63 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 109 shared votes
63 Aye 46 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
19 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

66.2 %
7 % below average
Rank 499 of 647
Participation
83.0 %
10 % above average
Rank 143 of 647
1,544
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
547 eligible divisions
882
57.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
224
49.3 % of votes cast
662
42.9 % of votes cast
No votes
230
50.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
Appearances
20
-46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 650
108
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Contributions
42
-75.8 vs Commons average
Rank 508 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 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
52 of 64 votes
#2
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Migration
136 of 169 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Transport
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
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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