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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 613 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 594 different votes 613 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
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 64 shared votes
28 Aye 36 No
75 Aye 21 No
Migration 3% aligned 96 shared votes
18 Aye 78 No
15 Aye 30 No
Education 2% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 24 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 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 252 of 649
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 649
1,830
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
873
1,150 eligible divisions
894
48.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
431
49.4 % of votes cast
936
51.1 % of votes cast
No votes
442
50.6 % of votes cast
15
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

63
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 649
Appearances
56
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
76
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
Contributions
74
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 401 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Education
55 of 61 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#2
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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