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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 1,626 shared comparable votes.

1,267 same votes 359 different votes 1,626 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 124 No
Brexit / EU 90% aligned 199 shared votes
72 Aye 127 No
23 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
92 Aye 149 No
Tax 88% aligned 241 shared votes
108 Aye 133 No
23 Aye 43 No
Education 88% aligned 66 shared votes
23 Aye 43 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
84 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 68% aligned 152 shared votes
85 Aye 67 No

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

Voting record

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 650
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 78 of 650
1,869
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,062
2,417 eligible divisions
911
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,065
51.6% of votes cast
958
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
997
48.4% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
-11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
Appearances
1,431
+1336.8 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
100
-64.1 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Contributions
1,884
+1719.9 vs Commons average
Rank 2 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
203 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
206 of 212 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Transport
82 of 98 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
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 Sept 2025
Transport
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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