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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Jim Shannon

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 Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Jim Shannon voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,591 shared comparable votes.

1,233 same votes 358 different votes 1,591 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
23 Aye 23 No
Energy 93% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
75 Aye 123 No
Brexit / EU 90% aligned 198 shared votes
72 Aye 126 No
91 Aye 145 No
Tax 89% aligned 236 shared votes
106 Aye 130 No
23 Aye 43 No
Education 88% aligned 66 shared votes
23 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
76 Aye 36 No
Migration 54% aligned 112 shared votes
72 Aye 40 No
16 Aye 24 No
Defence 58% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 58% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 32 No
Benefits 60% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 57 shared votes
15 Aye 42 No

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

Voting record

77.8 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 650
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 91 of 650
1,828
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,007
2,349 eligible divisions
892
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,037
51.7 % of votes cast
936
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
970
48.3 % of votes cast
15
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Appearances
1,154
+1083.1 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
73
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
Contributions
1,413
+1287.2 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30 % above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Migration
148 of 169 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 13 Nov 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sep 2025
Transport
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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