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Nick Timothy vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

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Nick Timothy
Con West Suffolk
vs
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Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Nick Timothy and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 328 different votes 334 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
2 Aye 14 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 39 No
Tax 1% aligned 69 shared votes
38 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

69.1%
3% below average
Rank 440 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
436
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
525
631 eligible divisions
208
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
49.3% of votes cast
228
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
266
50.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
-14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
7
-87.2 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
124
-40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650
Contributions
7
-157.1 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£199,214
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£199,214
12% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
21
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

Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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