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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,313 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,244 different votes 1,313 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
83 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 128 shared votes
51 Aye 77 No
13 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
48 Aye 35 No
Migration 5% aligned 83 shared votes
33 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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