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Dawn Butler vs Bill Esterson

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 Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Bill Esterson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,241 shared comparable votes.

1,230 same votes 11 different votes 1,241 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
112 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 176 shared votes
112 Aye 64 No
45 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
45 Aye 60 No
23 Aye 53 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
23 Aye 53 No
25 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 19 No
Benefits 95% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 11 No
Energy 97% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
102 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 163 shared votes
104 Aye 59 No
112 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 176 shared votes
112 Aye 64 No
45 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
45 Aye 60 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 528 of 650
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 414 of 650
1,535
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,696
2,405 eligible divisions
848
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
946
55.8% of votes cast
687
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
750
44.2% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Appearances
63
-25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
57
-96.9 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 650
Contributions
88
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 80 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
Aye
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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