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Dawn Butler vs Andrew Bowie

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 Andrew Bowie
Andrew Bowie
Con West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Andrew Bowie voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,116 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,052 different votes 1,116 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
18 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
95 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 157 shared votes
64 Aye 93 No
13 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 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
80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
833
48.8% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
873
51.2% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 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
£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£339,342
50% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
3
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
172 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
187 of 188 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
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
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
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