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Dawn Butler vs Chris Hinchliff

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

Photograph of Dawn Butler
Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East
vs
Photograph of Chris Hinchliff
Chris Hinchliff
Lab North East Hertfordshire

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Chris Hinchliff voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 12 different votes 380 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
41 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
41 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 94% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 96% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
41 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
41 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

63.5%
9% below average
Rank 535 of 650
Participation
85.7%
13% above average
Rank 75 of 650
1,539
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
545
636 eligible divisions
850
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
50.6% of votes cast
689
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
269
49.4% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Appearances
140
+43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 114 of 650
68
-101.2 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
Contributions
163
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,907
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£174,907
23% below average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
173 of 212 votes
#1
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
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