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Lucy Powell vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 758 shared comparable votes.

758 same votes 0 different votes 758 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
62 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 113 shared votes
62 Aye 51 No
70 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 96 shared votes
70 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 113 shared votes
62 Aye 51 No
70 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 96 shared votes
70 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
890
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
700
44.0% 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
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
Appearances
7
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
257
+95.0 vs Commons average
Rank 106 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

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
13
5 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

Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Trade
68 of 94 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
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
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