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Dawn Butler vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Andy McDonald voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,357 shared comparable votes.

1,350 same votes 7 different votes 1,357 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 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 192 shared votes
121 Aye 71 No
20 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 92 shared votes
20 Aye 72 No
29 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
29 Aye 38 No
44 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 65 shared votes
44 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 14 No
Housing 97% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 98% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 172 shared votes
107 Aye 65 No
63 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 127 shared votes
62 Aye 65 No
121 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 192 shared votes
121 Aye 71 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 293 of 650
1,531
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,401 eligible divisions
845
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,003
55.2% of votes cast
686
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
813
44.8% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

59
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Appearances
91
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
57
-95.0 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650
Contributions
128
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 266 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Work / Employment
74 of 80 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

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