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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Zarah Sultana

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 Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 926 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 852 different votes 926 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
12 Aye 18 No
Housing 27% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 20% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 16% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 29 No
Education 13% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
58 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 95 shared votes
36 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

73
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Appearances
18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
86
-56.2 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 649
Contributions
20
-122.2 vs Commons average
Rank 602 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 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
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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