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Dawn Butler vs Alison Bennett

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 Alison Bennett
Alison Bennett
LD Mid Sussex

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Alison Bennett voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 241 different votes 294 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 3 No
Energy 67% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 44% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 42% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 14 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
41 Aye 27 No
Tax 4% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 20 shared votes
1 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 12 No
Transport 13% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 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
71.8 %
1 % below average
Rank 385 of 649
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
575 eligible divisions
841
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
219
53.0 % of votes cast
673
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
194
47.0 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
128
+50.1 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
150
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 179 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
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37 % below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
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