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Mark Pritchard vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Mark Pritchard
Mark Pritchard
Con The Wrekin
vs
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Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Mark Pritchard and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 610 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 578 different votes 610 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
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 13 No
Benefits 19% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 69 No
Tax 0% aligned 118 shared votes
69 Aye 49 No
17 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 523 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,538
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
732
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
806
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

188
+104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Appearances
7
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 649
226
+80.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 649
Contributions
7
-138.9 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,150,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£174,182
23% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
198 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
136 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 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 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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 50 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
Mr Fysh's motion O (Contingent preferential arrangements) 27 Mar 2019
No
Aye
Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Education
Aye
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