The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Wera Hobhouse vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 59% of the time, based on 557 shared comparable votes.

327 same votes 230 different votes 557 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 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 83 shared votes
57 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 93% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 15 No
Trade 84% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 15% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 15% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 19% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 28% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 7 No
Benefits 32% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

147
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
7
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 649
209
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649
Contributions
7
-138.9 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
12
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
170 of 188 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API