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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Paula Barker voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 959 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 914 different votes 959 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
15 Aye 25 No
Benefits 8% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
61 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 105 shared votes
44 Aye 61 No
16 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 14 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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