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Shabana Mahmood vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
Photograph of Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,062 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,018 different votes 1,062 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 9 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 9 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 8 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
108 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 175 shared votes
68 Aye 107 No
21 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

53.6 %
19 % below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 256 of 649
1,266
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,834
2,361 eligible divisions
729
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.9 % of votes cast
537
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
938
51.1 % of votes cast
12
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

73
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
838
+699.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
5
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
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