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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 618 shared comparable votes.

609 same votes 9 different votes 618 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
70 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 96 shared votes
70 Aye 26 No
50 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
50 Aye 42 No
35 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
35 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 16 No
Trade 97% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
70 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 96 shared votes
70 Aye 26 No
50 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
50 Aye 42 No
35 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
35 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,501
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
857
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
48.7% of votes cast
644
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.3% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Appearances
7
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
416
+261.3 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650
Contributions
7
-147.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
181 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
71 of 94 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API