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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Sam Carling

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 Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Sam Carling voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 303 different votes 319 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
39 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
44 Aye 39 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
44 Aye 39 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 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
89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
590 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
52.3% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.7% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
Appearances
59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
98
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Contributions
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 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
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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 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: 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
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