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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Dr Simon Opher

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


Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 274 different votes 290 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 8 No
Benefits 27% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
38 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
38 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
38 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 202 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
47.3% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
248
52.7% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 432 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
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API