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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 872 shared comparable votes.

851 same votes 21 different votes 872 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
63 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 113 shared votes
63 Aye 50 No
70 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 96 shared votes
70 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 18 No
Housing 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 9 No
Benefits 82% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 14 No
Migration 94% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 12 No
Energy 96% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 16 No
Trade 97% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
34 Aye 23 No
Education 98% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

76.8%
4% above average
Rank 268 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
1,856
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
525
631 eligible divisions
1,021
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
49.3% of votes cast
835
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
266
50.7% of votes cast
26
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Appearances
7
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
66
-98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 490 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

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
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
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