Nicholas Dakin.

A steady, loyalist MP with no rebel votes and 100% party-line alignment since entering parliament in 2024, Nicholas Dakin is nonetheless one of the more active voices in the Commons on crime — his 69 contributions on the topic far outpacing any other area. His most recent parliamentary activity centred on the Armed Forces Bill and the defence spending debate in late June 2026, where he voted consistently with the government: backing the Prime Minister's amendment on defence readiness and opposing opposition-tabled clauses to the Armed Forces Bill. He also voted down proposed additions to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill in mid-June, again in line with Labour's position.

At 83% voting participation, Dakin sits slightly below the Commons average but contributes to debates at a high rate — 338 contributions across 78 debates. His speech record shows crime as his dominant concern by a wide margin, followed by social care and education. His stance profile reveals strong alignment with progressive taxation and workers' rights, low alignment with civil liberties and pro-business positions, and notably low scores on parliamentary scrutiny and Lords scrutiny votes — consistent with a MP who tends to back government over challenge it. Against his party, he votes more frequently in favour of assisted dying access (+42 percentage points above the Labour average) and against fossil fuel subsidies (+24 points).

Dakin returned to parliament in 2024 having previously represented Scunthorpe from 2010 to 2019; his pre-election coverage flagged the local steel industry and NHS services as priorities. News coverage over the past 90 days is neutral on balance across 45 articles, touching on crime, community, and local economy — with no strongly positive or negative stories attributable directly to him. He holds no select committee positions.