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Dawn Butler vs Blair McDougall

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 Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Blair McDougall voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

315 same votes 3 different votes 318 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
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 88% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

63.5%
9% below average
Rank 535 of 650
Participation
72.9%
1% above average
Rank 358 of 650
1,536
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
631 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
50.7% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.3% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
70
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
63
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
345
+180.4 vs Commons average
Rank 53 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 32 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
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
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