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Andrew Pakes vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Pakes and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 249 different votes 256 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
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

71.2%
1% below average
Rank 403 of 649
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
420
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
201
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
48.9% of votes cast
219
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
941
51.1% of votes cast
13
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Contributions
98
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£183,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£183,832
19% below average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API