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Patricia Ferguson vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Patricia Ferguson and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 433 shared comparable votes.

423 same votes 10 different votes 433 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
44 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
44 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 96% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
44 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
44 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 650
502
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
633 eligible divisions
256
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
49.5% of votes cast
246
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
266
50.5% of votes cast
18
3.6% 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

110
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
Appearances
7
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
153
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650
Contributions
7
-157.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£151,093
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£151,093
33% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
2
1 registered category
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 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