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Sarah Bool vs Jim Dickson

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

Photograph of Sarah Bool
Sarah Bool
Con South Northamptonshire
vs
Photograph of Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and Jim Dickson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 394 different votes 400 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
38 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
58 Aye 38 No
7 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
30 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
58 Aye 38 No
7 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
30 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 650
Participation
88.9%
16% above average
Rank 29 of 650
443
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
551
620 eligible divisions
191
43.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
47.7% of votes cast
252
56.9% of votes cast
No votes
288
52.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650
Appearances
170
+78.2 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 650
126
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
Contributions
197
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£188,791
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17% below average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
16 of 17 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Tax
99 of 114 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 66 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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
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