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Rachel Hopkins vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

429 same votes 0 different votes 429 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
41 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
41 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
41 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

84.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 117 of 647
Participation
83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 137 of 647
1,353
1,601 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
533 eligible divisions
725
53.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
222
49.8 % of votes cast
628
46.4 % of votes cast
No votes
224
50.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
+14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 647
Appearances
21
-41.2 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 647
92
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 647
Contributions
43
-68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8 % below average
2
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

Housing
52 of 53 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#2
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Education
64 of 68 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Migration
141 of 152 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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