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Sir Stephen Timms vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,485 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,427 different votes 1,485 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
23 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
61 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 138 shared votes
77 Aye 61 No
38 Aye 100 No
Migration 3% aligned 138 shared votes
98 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
48.9% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
941
51.1% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 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

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
8
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 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