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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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
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Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 1,246 shared comparable votes.

191 same votes 1,055 different votes 1,246 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 35 No
Education 53% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
56 Aye 119 No
Tax 30% aligned 175 shared votes
110 Aye 65 No
23 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 26% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
74 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 126 shared votes
63 Aye 63 No
7 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 23% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
73 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 112 shared votes
36 Aye 76 No
15 Aye 20 No
Benefits 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
66 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 173 shared votes
104 Aye 69 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
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,838
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
898
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
57.4% of votes cast
940
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.6% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

62
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Appearances
72
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
75
-62.1 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
Contributions
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 251 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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