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Jeff Smith vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 703 shared comparable votes.

699 same votes 4 different votes 703 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
59 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
59 Aye 53 No
38 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 63 shared votes
38 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 14 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 10 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 54 shared votes
47 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 15 No
Energy 96% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
59 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
59 Aye 53 No
38 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 63 shared votes
38 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
48.7% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.3% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Appearances
7
-81.8 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
70
-84.6 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Contributions
7
-147.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
4
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API