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Dawn Butler vs Paulette Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 596 shared comparable votes.

594 same votes 2 different votes 596 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
65 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
65 Aye 40 No
18 Aye 55 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
18 Aye 55 No
33 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 91% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
65 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
65 Aye 40 No
18 Aye 55 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
18 Aye 55 No
33 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

59
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
Appearances
61
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 649
61
-81.2 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Contributions
80
-62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
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
172 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API