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Sir Nicholas Dakin vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe
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Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Sir Nicholas Dakin and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 812 shared comparable votes.

808 same votes 4 different votes 812 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
75 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
75 Aye 63 No
70 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
70 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 23 No
Transport 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 83% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
75 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
75 Aye 63 No
70 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
70 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 23 No
Transport 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
Participation
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
514
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,664
2,406 eligible divisions
251
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.8% of votes cast
263
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

7
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
Appearances
53
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
7
-155.0 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650
Contributions
40
-122.0 vs Commons average
Rank 568 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£208,878
8% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
63 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Transport
29 of 30 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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