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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,427 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,354 different votes 1,427 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
16 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 23 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
80 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 131 shared votes
52 Aye 79 No
22 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 58 shared votes
39 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 24 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
80 Aye 135 No
Tax 0% aligned 215 shared votes
135 Aye 80 No
33 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 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
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% 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
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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