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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 795 shared comparable votes.

794 same votes 1 different votes 795 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
55 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 74 shared votes
55 Aye 19 No
41 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 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
55 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 74 shared votes
55 Aye 19 No
41 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 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

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

94
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
Appearances
7
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
122
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 316 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

£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 80 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API