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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.

Photograph of Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 305 different votes 314 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
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
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 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

77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 256 of 649
Participation
64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 531 of 649
1,834
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
763 eligible divisions
896
48.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
48.0 % of votes cast
938
51.1 % of votes cast
No votes
254
52.0 % of votes cast
15
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

61
-17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Appearances
100
+21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 649
74
-64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649
Contributions
402
+263.4 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
7
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
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Second Reading 28 Apr 2025
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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