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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,461 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,390 different votes 1,461 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
18 Aye 20 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
71 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 132 shared votes
61 Aye 71 No
15 Aye 33 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
69 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 176 shared votes
108 Aye 68 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API