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Dawn Butler vs Simon Hoare

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 Simon Hoare
Simon Hoare
Con North Dorset

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Simon Hoare voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,171 shared comparable votes.

87 same votes 1,084 different votes 1,171 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
15 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 30 No
Trade 10% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
97 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 155 shared votes
59 Aye 96 No
15 Aye 43 No
Migration 7% aligned 58 shared votes
39 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
114 Aye 68 No
Tax 0% aligned 182 shared votes
68 Aye 114 No
26 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 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
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
46.9% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
940
53.1% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
46
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
99
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
61
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Contributions
128
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Energy
58 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Tax
257 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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