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Dawn Butler vs Alan Mak

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 Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Alan Mak voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,306 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,248 different votes 1,306 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
24 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 9% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
103 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 166 shared votes
60 Aye 106 No
15 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 75 No
Migration 4% aligned 100 shared votes
73 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
124 Aye 65 No
Tax 0% aligned 189 shared votes
65 Aye 124 No
29 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 528 of 649
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,017
2,361 eligible divisions
841
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
955
47.3 % of votes cast
673
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,062
52.7 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
18
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 595 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
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29 % above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
28
7 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
205 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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