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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Jeff 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 Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Jeff Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,184 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,116 different votes 1,184 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
15 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
58 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 99 shared votes
41 Aye 58 No
15 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
31 Aye 15 No
Transport 4% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
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