Dame Caroline Dinenage, MP for Gosport
Caroline Dinenage has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Liaison Committee (Commons); Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2018 to 2020 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2017 to 2018 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) (Department for Education) | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Minister for Equalities (Department for Education) (Department for Education) | 2015 to 2016 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 2025 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Panel of Chairs | 2024 | |
| Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill | 2024 | |
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill | 2024 | |
| Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill | 2024 | |
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | 2023 to 2024 |
Show the other 8
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Carer’s Leave Bill | 2022 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill | 2021 | |
| Business, Innovation and Skills Committee | 2012 to 2015 | |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2012 to 2013 |
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Caroline Dinenage has 9 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Warner Bros. Discovery - £1,600.00 | 21 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Jockey Club Racecourses Ltd - £560.00 | 7 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | MPA Group Companies - £1,314.00 | 7 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Society of London Theatre - £660.00 | 27 Apr 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited - £4,911.50 | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Victorious Festival 2025 - £500.00 | 12 Oct 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Rugby World Cup (England 2025) - £424.60 | 26 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment | Agreement starting 04 April 2023 - £50,000.00 | 4 Apr 2023 |
| Employment and earnings | Independent Non-Executive Director | 21 Mar 2022 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Caroline Dinenage asked 170 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
73 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Caroline Dinenage represents Gosport. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Caroline Dinenage won with 40% of the votes, and Edward Batterbury (Labour) came second with 27%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Dinenage | Conservative | 17,830 | 40.3% |
| Edward Batterbury | Labour | 11,776 | 26.6% |
| Matt Mulliss | Reform UK | 7,983 | 18.0% |
| Tim Bearder | Liberal Democrat | 4,039 | 9.1% |
| Tony Sudworth | Green Party | 1,948 | 4.4% |
| Jeff Roberts | Independent | 334 | 0.8% |
| Lisa Englefield | Heritage Party | 319 | 0.7% |
| Dave Watson | Hampshire Independents | 48 | 0.1% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Caroline Dinenage took part in 167 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Caroline Dinenage voted the same way as their party in 167 of the 167 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
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| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
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| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
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| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
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