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Andy McDonald vs Dawn Butler

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


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Dawn Butler voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,334 shared comparable votes.

1,327 same votes 7 different votes 1,334 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
121 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 189 shared votes
121 Aye 68 No
20 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 92 shared votes
20 Aye 72 No
44 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 65 shared votes
44 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 13 No
Housing 97% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 18 No
Benefits 98% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
107 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 172 shared votes
105 Aye 67 No
62 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 127 shared votes
63 Aye 64 No
121 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 189 shared votes
121 Aye 68 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 307 of 648
Participation
64.5 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 648
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,492
2,312 eligible divisions
979
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
55.9 % of votes cast
765
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
658
44.1 % of votes cast
20
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

80
+19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 648
Appearances
47
-13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 648
Contributions
55
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£287,721
27 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Transport
69 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Education
72 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#5
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

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