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Dame Caroline Dinenage MP

Conservative Gosport F
Dame Caroline Dinenage is the Conservative MP for Gosport, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £29,586 / £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Committee chair additional salary £5,767
Culture, Media and Sport Committee · 115 days £5,767
Declared outside earnings £4,912
1 registered interest published in 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources £4,912
Total (salary + chair + declared) £40,265
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Constituencies represented

2024-07-04present
Gosport current
2010-05-062024-05-30
Gosport

Party history

2010-05-06present
Conservative current

Government posts

2020-02-132021-09-16
Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
2018-01-092020-02-13
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
2017-06-142018-01-09
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
2016-07-172017-06-14
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
2015-05-082016-07-17
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
2015-05-082016-07-17
Minister for Equalities (Department for Education)

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2012-02-272013-02-04
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
2012-11-052015-03-30
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
2021-11-092021-11-17
Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill
2021-12-142024-05-30
Women and Equalities Committee
2024-07-302024-11-04
Panel of Chairs
2022-10-202024-05-30
Panel of Chairs
2022-11-022022-11-09
Carer’s Leave Bill
2024-09-09present
Culture, Media and Sport Committee Chair +£17,806/yr
2023-05-172024-05-30
Culture, Media and Sport Committee Chair +£16,900/yr
2023-05-172024-05-30
Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation Chair +£16,900/yr
2024-12-04present
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2023-05-172024-05-30
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2024-01-312024-02-07
Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill
2024-02-282024-03-06
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
2024-05-012024-05-08
Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill
2025-06-26present
Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

Parliamentary office
caroline.dinenage.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 7078; 020 7219 0198 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office

023 9252 2121 · 167 Stoke Road, Gosport, PO12 1SE
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