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Rushanara Ali vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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

Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney
vs
Photograph of Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,436 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,376 different votes 1,436 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
39 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
6 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 17 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 16 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
39 Aye 33 No
Trade 4% aligned 72 shared votes
36 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 65 shared votes
35 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
48.9% of votes cast
787
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
941
51.1% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 649
Contributions
98
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44% above average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26% above average
5
3 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
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
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
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