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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs John McDonnell

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 John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and John McDonnell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,488 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,412 different votes 1,488 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 46 No
Education 9% aligned 64 shared votes
42 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 29 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
80 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 130 shared votes
52 Aye 78 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 21 No
Energy 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
63 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 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
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
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