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Sarah Smith vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
Photograph of Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 213 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 206 different votes 213 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 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
40 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
27 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
27 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

62.1 %
11 % below average
Rank 554 of 649
Participation
77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 256 of 649
357
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,834
2,361 eligible divisions
191
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.9 % of votes cast
166
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
938
51.1 % of votes cast
13
3.6 % 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

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Appearances
61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26 % above average
2
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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API