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Jess Phillips vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 740 shared comparable votes.

740 same votes 0 different votes 740 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
51 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
51 Aye 48 No
70 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 96 shared votes
70 Aye 26 No
39 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 75 shared votes
39 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 24 No
Transport 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
51 Aye 48 No
70 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 96 shared votes
70 Aye 26 No
39 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 75 shared votes
39 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 24 No
Transport 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

69.3%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,668
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
955
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
713
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

60
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Appearances
7
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
218
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 141 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

£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
179 of 212 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Transport
75 of 96 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
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