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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Lisa Smart

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


Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Lisa Smart voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 231 shared comparable votes.

186 same votes 45 different votes 231 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 97% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 36 No
Tax 95% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 89% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 56% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 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 263 of 650
Participation
66.0%
6% below average
Rank 500 of 650
1,861
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
409
620 eligible divisions
909
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
56.0% of votes cast
952
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
180
44.0% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
Appearances
201
+107.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650
100
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
Contributions
278
+114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 92 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
£239,061
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£239,061
6% above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
25
4 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
203 of 212 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#2
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Education
43 of 50 votes
Transport
80 of 96 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API