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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,657 shared comparable votes.

1,615 same votes 42 different votes 1,657 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
39 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
16 Aye 46 No
Education 100% aligned 62 shared votes
16 Aye 46 No
25 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 62 shared votes
25 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 34 No
Benefits 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
98 Aye 41 No
Migration 94% aligned 139 shared votes
98 Aye 41 No
33 Aye 39 No
Trade 94% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
17 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
75 Aye 125 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 200 shared votes
74 Aye 126 No
21 Aye 24 No
Energy 98% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.4%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
Participation
81.1%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
1,874
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,422 eligible divisions
913
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
45.8% of votes cast
961
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,065
54.2% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

83
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
100
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
101
-65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
Contributions
162
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
203 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Transport
82 of 98 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 68 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API