Sir Nicholas Dakin — Hear, Hear

Voting record

7

Voted for

0

Voted against

2

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

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Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 87%

How often Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Sir Nicholas Dakin doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held

Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) — HM Household (2025-09-16 to 2026-07-21) Government

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) — Ministry of Justice (2024-07-23 to 2025-09-07) Government

Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury — Whips Office (Commons) (2024-07-10 to 2025-09-16) Government

Opposition Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) (2016-10-18 to 2019-11-06) Shadow

Shadow Minister (Education) — Department for Education (2015-09-18 to 2016-06-27) Shadow

Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons — Office of the Leader of the House of Commons (2015-05-08 to 2015-09-18) Shadow

Opposition Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) (2011-10-07 to 2015-09-18) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Sir Nicholas Dakin →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Barton upon Humber
Ownership details: Co owned with family member
(Registered 23 July 2024)

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee Of Lindsey Lodge, Scunthorpe. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 23 July 2024)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Sir Nicholas Dakin yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Sir Nicholas Dakin has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£235,712.27 paid out to or for Sir Nicholas Dakin across 291 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Sir Nicholas Dakin’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £148,377.79 (18 claims)

Office Costs — £53,889.37 (233 claims)

Accommodation — £19,034.78 (25 claims)

MP Travel — £6,913.19 (9 claims)

Staff Travel — £6,253.92 (5 claims)

Miscellaneous — £1,243.22 (1 claim)

Most recent claims

Utilities — £140.52, 2026-04-21 — Electricity

Utilities — £120.27, 2026-04-21 — Gas

Equipment - hire — £198.00, 2026-03-20 — Other office equipment

Equipment - purchase — £69.00, 2026-03-13 — Other office equipment

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £146.15, 2026-03-12 — Landline & internet package

Stationery & printing — £131.90, 2026-03-09 — Banner March 2026

Stationery & printing — £50.99, 2026-03-05 — Banner March 2026

Stationery & printing — £561.79, 2026-03-05 — AGA PRINT LTD [200013613-14104]

Every claim on file for Sir Nicholas Dakin →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Sir Nicholas Dakin — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Sir Nicholas Dakin’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Sir Nicholas Dakin isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.