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Rishi Sunak vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 479 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 448 different votes 479 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
1 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 2 No
Migration 8% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 92 shared votes
67 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
47 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

42.3%
30% below average
Rank 631 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,005
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
454
45.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
551
54.8% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
4
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
51
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 649
Contributions
7
-136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Transport
52 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
20 of 48 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Rural communities 7 Jan 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Motion on 50th anniversary of the continuous at sea deterrent 10 Apr 2019
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Education
Aye
Aye
UK participation in the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust): Post-adoption opt-in decision 16 Jan 2019
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) Act Amdt (f) - Baron 15 Jan 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
IPSA - Richard Lloyd appointment 12 Dec 2018
Aye
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