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Rachel Hopkins vs Jim Dickson

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

Photograph of Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Jim Dickson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 539 shared comparable votes.

539 same votes 0 different votes 539 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 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
59 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
59 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
13% above average
Rank 84 of 650
Participation
88.9%
16% above average
Rank 29 of 650
1,437
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
551
620 eligible divisions
758
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
47.7% of votes cast
679
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
288
52.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
Appearances
173
+80.0 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
95
-67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
208
+46.0 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12% above average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
53 of 54 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 63 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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