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Sir Nicholas Dakin vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Sir Nicholas Dakin and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 883 shared comparable votes.

882 same votes 1 different votes 883 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
80 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 141 shared votes
80 Aye 61 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
43 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 26 No
Transport 100% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
80 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 141 shared votes
80 Aye 61 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
43 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 26 No
Transport 100% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

83.1 %
10 % above average
Rank 138 of 649
Participation
82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 149 of 649
478
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,361 eligible divisions
235
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,081
55.6 % of votes cast
243
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
864
44.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

7
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 650
Appearances
134
+56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
7
-131.3 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 650
Contributions
552
+413.7 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£208,878
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API