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Sir Nicholas Dakin vs Hilary Benn
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Nicholas Dakin and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 813 shared comparable votes.
812 same votes
1 different votes
813 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
83.5 %
11 % above average
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
470
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,349 eligible divisions
231
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
56.7 % of votes cast
239
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
784
43.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 0 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Debates
18
-52.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
42
-28.9 vs Commons average
39
-86.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
366
+240.2 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£208,878
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026
24 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API