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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Mrs Elsie Blundell

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 Mrs Elsie Blundell
Mrs Elsie Blundell
Lab Heywood and Middleton North

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Mrs Elsie Blundell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 302 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 295 different votes 302 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 15 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
36 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
43 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
43 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 126 of 649
1,834
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
481
575 eligible divisions
896
48.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
238
49.5 % of votes cast
938
51.1 % of votes cast
No votes
243
50.5 % of votes cast
15
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
10
2.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
Appearances
63
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 650
74
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Contributions
90
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£161,906
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£161,906
28 % below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Second Reading 28 Apr 2025
Aye
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