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David Smith vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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


Voting alignment

David Smith and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 231 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 227 different votes 231 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 436 of 649
Participation
77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 256 of 649
401
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,834
2,361 eligible divisions
201
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.9 % of votes cast
200
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
938
51.1 % of votes cast
14
3.5 % of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

72
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
95
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Contributions
74
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26 % above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
0
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

#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API