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Dawn Butler vs Alan Strickland

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 Strickland
Alan Strickland
Lab Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Alan Strickland voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

383 same votes 3 different votes 386 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
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 9 No
Benefits 89% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 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 530 of 650
Participation
88.4%
16% above average
Rank 37 of 650
1,536
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
548
620 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
272
49.6% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
276
50.4% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Appearances
36
-57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 650
61
-101.0 vs Commons average
Rank 498 of 650
Contributions
37
-125.0 vs Commons average
Rank 577 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
£174,611
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£174,611
23% below average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
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
173 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#2
Transport
30 of 30 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API