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Luke Pollard vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 597 shared comparable votes.

596 same votes 1 different votes 597 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
60 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 86 shared votes
60 Aye 26 No
45 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
45 Aye 35 No
34 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 13 No
Trade 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 86 shared votes
60 Aye 26 No
45 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
45 Aye 35 No
34 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 13 No
Trade 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 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 435 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,490
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
818
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
672
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
-12.0 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Appearances
7
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
692
+530.0 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
73 of 82 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
74 of 90 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API