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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,519 shared comparable votes.

1,510 same votes 9 different votes 1,519 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
85 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 221 shared votes
85 Aye 136 No
63 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 164 shared votes
63 Aye 101 No
93 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
93 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 50 No
Education 100% aligned 72 shared votes
22 Aye 50 No
30 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
85 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 148 shared votes
85 Aye 63 No
85 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 221 shared votes
85 Aye 136 No
63 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 164 shared votes
63 Aye 101 No
93 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
93 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 50 No
Education 100% aligned 72 shared votes
22 Aye 50 No

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

Voting record

78.0 %
5 % above average
Rank 258 of 648
Participation
77.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 648
1,803
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,788
2,312 eligible divisions
876
48.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
854
47.8 % of votes cast
927
51.4 % of votes cast
No votes
934
52.2 % of votes cast
15
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 648
Appearances
59
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 648
76
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 648
Contributions
73
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
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
Defence
52 of 59 votes
Trade
79 of 88 votes
#2
Energy
59 of 67 votes
Migration
148 of 169 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API