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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
vs
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Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 746 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 708 different votes 746 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
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 5 No
Migration 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 77 No
Tax 0% aligned 131 shared votes
77 Aye 54 No
15 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
7
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 649
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Contributions
7
-138.9 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
200 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Third Reading 15 Jul 2019
Transport
Aye
Aye
Motion on 50th anniversary of the continuous at sea deterrent 10 Apr 2019
Aye
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