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Rachel Blake vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 409 shared comparable votes.

408 same votes 1 different votes 409 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
39 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
39 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
39 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
489
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
252
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
237
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Contributions
7
-136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API