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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Simon Lightwood

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 Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 468 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 445 different votes 468 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
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 21 No
Migration 6% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 6 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 21 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 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
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
98
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Contributions
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
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
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
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