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Sir Nicholas Dakin vs Mr Toby Perkins

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
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Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Sir Nicholas Dakin and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 815 shared comparable votes.

814 same votes 1 different votes 815 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
72 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
72 Aye 52 No
69 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 19 No
Housing 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
72 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
72 Aye 52 No
69 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 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
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 346 of 649
478
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,733
2,361 eligible divisions
235
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
959
55.3 % of votes cast
243
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
774
44.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

7
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 650
Appearances
86
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
7
-131.3 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 650
Contributions
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£208,878
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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