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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Patrick Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 250 shared comparable votes.

242 same votes 8 different votes 250 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
37 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
37 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
37 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
37 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.0 %
5 % above average
Rank 258 of 648
Participation
68.4 %
5 % below average
Rank 468 of 648
1,803
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
360
526 eligible divisions
876
48.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
44.7 % of votes cast
927
51.4 % of votes cast
No votes
199
55.3 % of votes cast
15
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 648
Appearances
0
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 648
76
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 648
Contributions
0
-107.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29 % below average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
0
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
4 of 4 votes
Trade
79 of 88 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Migration
148 of 169 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#5
Transport
17 of 21 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API