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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Apsana Begum voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 859 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 820 different votes 859 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
3 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
58 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 95 shared votes
40 Aye 55 No
14 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 11 No
Housing 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 13 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
92
-51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API