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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.


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 212 different votes 220 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
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
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

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
48.9% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
941
51.1% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

64
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Appearances
82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
Contributions
98
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 342 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
Education
36 of 50 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