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Sir Nicholas Dakin vs Alan Mak

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

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Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe
vs
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Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Sir Nicholas Dakin and Alan Mak voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 799 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 758 different votes 799 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
13 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 19% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
48 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 79 shared votes
34 Aye 45 No
67 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 93 shared votes
24 Aye 69 No
9 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 135 shared votes
58 Aye 77 No
24 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 2 No
Benefits 0% aligned 24 shared votes
2 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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 142 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
488
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
239
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
249
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

7
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
7
-136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£208,878
8% below average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
24
7 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
That this House agrees with Lords Amendments 2 to 18 to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill 18 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Third Reading 15 Jul 2019
Transport
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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