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Sir Nicholas Dakin vs Mr Louie French

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


Voting alignment

Sir Nicholas Dakin and Mr Louie French voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 313 different votes 321 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
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
488
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
239
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
249
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

7
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
7
-138.9 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£208,878
8% below average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API