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Sir Mark Tami vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Sir Mark Tami
Sir Mark Tami
Lab Alyn and Deeside
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Sir Mark Tami and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 939 shared comparable votes.

939 same votes 0 different votes 939 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
79 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
79 Aye 63 No
70 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 96 shared votes
70 Aye 26 No
51 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 86 shared votes
51 Aye 35 No
35 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 24 No
Transport 100% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
79 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
79 Aye 63 No
70 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 96 shared votes
70 Aye 26 No
51 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 86 shared votes
51 Aye 35 No
35 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 24 No
Transport 100% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

82.7%
10% above average
Rank 140 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,989
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
1,081
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
908
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.2% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

0
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 646 of 650
Appearances
7
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
0
-161.6 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 650
Contributions
7
-154.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,953,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£286,200
27% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
3
3 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

Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
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
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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