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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Yvette Cooper

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 Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,237 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,174 different votes 1,237 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
10 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 22 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 21 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 27 No
Education 5% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 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
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 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
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
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