Sir Nicholas Dakin, MP for Scunthorpe
Nicholas Dakin has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) (HM Household) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2016 to 2019 | |
| Shadow Minister (Education) (Department for Education) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Office of the Leader of the House of Commons) | 2015 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2011 to 2015 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2025 | |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2025 to now | Now |
| European Statutory Instruments Committee | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2011 to 2015 | |
| Education Committee | 2010 to 2011 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Nicholas Dakin has 2 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Trustee Of Lindsey Lodge, Scunthorpe. This is an unpaid role. | 23 Jul 2024 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in Barton upon Humber | 23 Jul 2024 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Nicholas Dakin has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
90 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Nicholas Dakin represents Scunthorpe. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Nicholas Dakin won with 40% of the votes, and Holly Mumby-Croft (Conservative) came second with 31%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Dakin | Labour | 15,484 | 39.7% |
| Holly Mumby-Croft | Conservative | 11,942 | 30.6% |
| Darren Haley | Reform UK | 8,163 | 20.9% |
| Nick Cox | Green Party | 1,218 | 3.1% |
| Abdul Butt | Independent | 1,202 | 3.1% |
| Cahal Burke | Liberal Democrat | 942 | 2.4% |
| Scott Curtis | Heritage Party | 100 | 0.3% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Nicholas Dakin took part in 210 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Nicholas Dakin voted the same way as their party in 208 of the 208 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this