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Stephen Kinnock vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Stephen Kinnock and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 839 shared comparable votes.

838 same votes 1 different votes 839 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
73 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
73 Aye 52 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
42 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 23 No
Transport 100% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 15 No
Trade 97% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
73 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
73 Aye 52 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
42 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 23 No
Transport 100% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,803
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
1,016
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
787
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.2% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

106
+13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
Appearances
7
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
398
+236.0 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Contributions
7
-155.0 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£312,875
38% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
4
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

Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
EU - Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) 12 Sept 2018
Trade
No
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
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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