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Stephen Doughty vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 670 shared comparable votes.

657 same votes 13 different votes 670 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
57 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 101 shared votes
57 Aye 44 No
32 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
59 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 87 shared votes
62 Aye 25 No
57 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 101 shared votes
57 Aye 44 No
32 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
1,607
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
525
631 eligible divisions
921
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
49.3% of votes cast
686
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
266
50.7% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

91
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
Appearances
7
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
402
+237.4 vs Commons average
Rank 42 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

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#1
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 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