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Dawn Butler vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Ben Lake voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,022 shared comparable votes.

889 same votes 133 different votes 1,022 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
93 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
93 Aye 63 No
25 Aye 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 96 shared votes
25 Aye 71 No
8 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
24 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 2 No
Education 54% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
92 Aye 46 No
Tax 67% aligned 138 shared votes
91 Aye 47 No
53 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 74% aligned 108 shared votes
47 Aye 61 No
23 Aye 19 No
Benefits 79% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 2 No
Housing 82% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

64.5 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,492
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
834
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
658
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
55
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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
182 of 188 votes
Transport
69 of 87 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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