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Sojan Joseph vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Sojan Joseph and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 476 shared comparable votes.

468 same votes 8 different votes 476 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
41 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
41 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
41 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

90.0%
18% above average
Rank 19 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
568
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
525
631 eligible divisions
282
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
49.3% of votes cast
286
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
266
50.7% of votes cast
14
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
Appearances
7
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
89
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Contributions
7
-157.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£158,669
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£158,669
30% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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