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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 736 shared comparable votes.

736 same votes 0 different votes 736 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 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
62 Aye 50 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
33 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
62 Aye 50 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
33 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

12
-70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
105
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Contributions
7
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649

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
14
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
67 of 77 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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