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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Bob Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,780 shared comparable votes.

1,729 same votes 51 different votes 1,780 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
91 Aye 154 No
Tax 100% aligned 245 shared votes
91 Aye 154 No
42 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
20 Aye 36 No
Benefits 100% aligned 56 shared votes
20 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 34 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 47 shared votes
13 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 92% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
39 Aye 44 No
Trade 95% aligned 83 shared votes
37 Aye 46 No
28 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 67 shared votes
25 Aye 42 No
78 Aye 125 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 203 shared votes
78 Aye 125 No
23 Aye 11 No
Housing 97% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

77.4%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
1,874
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
913
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
992
46.8% of votes cast
961
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
101
-65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
Contributions
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
203 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Transport
82 of 98 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API