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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Sir John Whittingdale

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 Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,654 shared comparable votes.

1,639 same votes 15 different votes 1,654 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
92 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 228 shared votes
92 Aye 136 No
104 Aye 42 No
Migration 100% aligned 146 shared votes
104 Aye 42 No
38 Aye 42 No
Trade 100% aligned 80 shared votes
38 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 50 No
Education 100% aligned 70 shared votes
20 Aye 50 No
39 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 68 shared votes
39 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
72 Aye 123 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 195 shared votes
70 Aye 125 No
18 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
76 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 139 shared votes
76 Aye 63 No
92 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 228 shared votes
92 Aye 136 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 255 of 650
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
1,852
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,920
2,390 eligible divisions
905
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
918
47.8% of votes cast
947
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

83
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
Appearances
78
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
99
-52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Contributions
112
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 70 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye rebel
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye rebel
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
That this House agrees with Lords Amendments 2 to 18 to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill 18 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
No rebel
Aye rebel
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API