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Gerald Jones vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Gerald Jones
Gerald Jones
Lab Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Gerald Jones and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 833 shared comparable votes.

832 same votes 1 different votes 833 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 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
69 Aye 49 No
69 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
50 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 24 No
Transport 100% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 17 No
Trade 97% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
69 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
69 Aye 49 No
69 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
50 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 24 No
Transport 100% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

81.0 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 647
Participation
83.0 %
10 % above average
Rank 143 of 647
1,890
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
547 eligible divisions
1,060
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
224
49.3 % of votes cast
830
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
230
50.7 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

18
-48.2 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 650
Appearances
20
-46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 650
22
-95.8 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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

£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£278,380
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Transport
82 of 91 votes
#2
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Housing
58 of 66 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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