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Matt Western vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,202 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,139 different votes 1,202 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
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
38 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
47 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 99 shared votes
52 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
48.9% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
941
51.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API