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Dawn Butler vs Dame Meg Hillier

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 Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,326 shared comparable votes.

1,316 same votes 10 different votes 1,326 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
125 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
125 Aye 65 No
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
105 Aye 67 No
54 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
54 Aye 50 No
27 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
27 Aye 68 No
46 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 64 shared votes
46 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 19 No
Benefits 96% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 12 No
Energy 97% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
25 Aye 31 No
Transport 98% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
125 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
125 Aye 65 No
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
105 Aye 67 No

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

Voting record

63.8%
9% below average
Rank 530 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
1,531
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,770
2,401 eligible divisions
845
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
993
56.1% of votes cast
686
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
777
43.9% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

59
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Appearances
143
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
57
-96.1 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
235
+81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 109 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
3
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
172 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
73 of 81 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
Aye
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
No
Draft Important Public Sevices (Transport) Regulations 2017 8 Feb 2017
Transport
Aye rebel
Aye
Opposition Motion: The Government's plan for Brexit (Prime Minister's Amdt) 7 Dec 2016
No rebel
No rebel
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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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