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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Melanie Ward voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 257 different votes 266 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 12 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
33 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
43 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
43 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 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
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
98
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Contributions
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 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
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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