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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Valerie Vaz

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 Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,473 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,405 different votes 1,473 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
16 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
72 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 129 shared votes
62 Aye 67 No
24 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 23 No
Energy 5% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
67 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 174 shared votes
108 Aye 66 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
35 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 26 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Second Reading 28 Apr 2025
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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