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Shabana Mahmood vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 496 shared comparable votes.

488 same votes 8 different votes 496 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
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
58 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
58 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
58 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
58 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

53.2%
19% below average
Rank 615 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
1,285
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
525
631 eligible divisions
739
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
49.3% of votes cast
546
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
266
50.7% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Appearances
7
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
1,001
+836.4 vs Commons average
Rank 4 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

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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
182 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
56 of 82 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
59 of 94 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API