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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Blair McDougall

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

Photograph of Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport
vs
Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Blair McDougall voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 255 different votes 262 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
38 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
38 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
Appearances
52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
98
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Contributions
307
+161.1 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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