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Dawn Butler vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Bob Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,373 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,308 different votes 1,373 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
20 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 16% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 35 No
Trade 6% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 17 No
Housing 6% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 73 No
Migration 0% aligned 97 shared votes
73 Aye 24 No
43 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 64 shared votes
21 Aye 43 No
25 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
211 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API