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Valerie Vaz vs Sir Nicholas Dakin
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Valerie Vaz and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 812 shared comparable votes.
803 same votes
9 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
76.6%
4% above average
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
1,843
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
1,035
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
48.7% of votes cast
808
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.3% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
31
-57.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
7
-81.8 vs Commons average
14
-140.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
7
-147.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API