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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Nick Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,332 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,264 different votes 1,332 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
74 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 127 shared votes
60 Aye 67 No
17 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 21 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 33 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
69 Aye 31 No
Migration 4% aligned 100 shared votes
29 Aye 71 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 29 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 40 shared votes
29 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
125
-18.5 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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