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Richard Baker vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Richard Baker and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

399 same votes 7 different votes 406 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
38 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
38 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
38 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

73.6%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 650
466
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
633 eligible divisions
223
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
49.5% of votes cast
243
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
266
50.5% of votes cast
13
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

88
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
7
-89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
108
-59.2 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Contributions
7
-160.2 vs Commons average
Rank 628 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,133
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£179,133
21% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
6
2 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API