Nicholas Dakin’s voting in Parliament

Nicholas Dakin is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of Nicholas Dakin’s votes.

• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 6 votes against, between 2010–2016
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 31 votes for, 11 votes against, 26 absences, between 2010–2018
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2013
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Almost always voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 0 votes for, 13 votes against, 2 absences, between 2011–2018
• Consistently voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2016

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Nicholas Dakin has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 19 Dec 2018

Recent appearances

• College Funding — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] 21 Jan 2019

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) for getting the debate off to such a good start, and I congratulate the students from Brockenhurst College on their work to ensure that the debate took place. We need not only to love our colleges, but to treasure and invest in them, because they are at the heart of...

• College Funding — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] 21 Jan 2019

  I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. One the great colleges in my constituency, John Leggott College, which I was proud to lead, contacted me this week and said that the staff pay increases would be a real challenge for colleges. If the pension increases remain unfunded, that will represent the equivalent of six teacher posts. North Lindsey College also raised the issue of support for...

• College Funding — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] 21 Jan 2019

  Is my hon. Friend as puzzled as I am that, at £3,300 each, 18-year-olds are the cheapest people in the world to educate, given that, in my experience, people on an additional year are actually the most demanding to teach?

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Profile

Labour MP for Scunthorpe

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @NicDakinMP
• https://facebook.com/Nic-Dakin-186874346397

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Nicholas Dakin campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Education
• Education
• Department of Health
• Health
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Teachers: Training
• Cancer
• Education: Finance
• Cancer: Drugs
• Regional Schools Commissioners

Currently held offices

• Member, European Statutory Instruments Committee (since 18 Jul 2018)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (since 12 Dec 2017)
• Member, Procedure Committee (since 11 Sep 2017)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (since 18 Oct 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Education) (18 Sep 2015 to 27 Jun 2016)
• Member, Procedure Committee (13 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (8 May 2015 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Member, Procedure Committee (11 Oct 2011 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (7 Oct 2011 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Member, Education Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 7 Nov 2011)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Elliot Morley

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Criminal Finances Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Bus Services Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Taxation of Pensions Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Childcare Payments Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Local Government Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (10 out of 14)
• Localism Bill Committee (18 out of 24)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 92 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Nicholas Dakin’s speeches
• Has received answers to 185 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 82.43% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 53 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Nicholas Dakin’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 358 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)