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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.

Photograph of Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport
vs
Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and David Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 211 different votes 215 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 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 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 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

78.0 %
5 % above average
Rank 258 of 648
Participation
71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 396 of 648
1,803
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
377
526 eligible divisions
876
48.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
191
50.7 % of votes cast
927
51.4 % of votes cast
No votes
186
49.3 % of votes cast
15
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
14
3.7 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 648
Appearances
44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 648
76
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 648
Contributions
55
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 648

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
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
0
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
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
Trade
79 of 88 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Migration
148 of 169 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#5
Transport
19 of 21 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
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: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Second Reading 28 Apr 2025
Aye
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