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Rebecca Paul vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Rebecca Paul and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 310 different votes 317 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
0 Aye 16 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 2% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 233 of 650
Participation
83.3 %
11 % above average
Rank 137 of 650
439
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
558 eligible divisions
196
44.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
229
49.2 % of votes cast
243
55.4 % of votes cast
No votes
236
50.8 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 650
Appearances
20
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
128
+3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 650
Contributions
41
-83.8 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£124,847
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£124,847
45 % below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8 % below average
4
3 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Defence
29 of 33 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API