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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs David Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and David Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 231 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 227 different votes 231 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 256 of 649
Participation
69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 436 of 649
1,834
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
575 eligible divisions
896
48.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
201
50.1 % of votes cast
938
51.1 % of votes cast
No votes
200
49.9 % of votes cast
15
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
14
3.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
Appearances
72
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
74
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Contributions
95
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 333 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
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19 % below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API