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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 311 different votes 321 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 8 No
Migration 10% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
52 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
52 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
1 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
407
+263.5 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
13 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

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