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Mark Garnier vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
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Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 806 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 757 different votes 806 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
6 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 20% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
28 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
2 Aye 22 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 71 No
Tax 0% aligned 130 shared votes
71 Aye 59 No
15 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
7
-136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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