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Dawn Butler vs Mrs Sharon Hodgson

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Mrs Sharon Hodgson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,286 shared comparable votes.

1,276 same votes 10 different votes 1,286 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
109 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
109 Aye 65 No
63 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
63 Aye 52 No
27 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
27 Aye 76 No
38 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 34 No
Trade 98% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
98 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 162 shared votes
100 Aye 62 No
109 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
109 Aye 65 No
63 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
63 Aye 52 No
27 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
27 Aye 76 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 528 of 650
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 650
1,535
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,725
2,405 eligible divisions
848
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
957
55.5% of votes cast
687
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
768
44.5% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

59
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Appearances
99
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
57
-95.2 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
226
+73.8 vs Commons average
Rank 116 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
£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£282,668
25% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 171 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Defence
57 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API