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Nick Smith vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 777 shared comparable votes.

776 same votes 1 different votes 777 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
59 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
59 Aye 55 No
54 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 73 shared votes
54 Aye 19 No
40 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 65 shared votes
40 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 17 No
Trade 97% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
59 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
59 Aye 55 No
54 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 73 shared votes
54 Aye 19 No
40 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 65 shared votes
40 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% 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

95
+12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
125
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
0
0 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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API