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Dawn Butler vs Brendan O'Hara

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 Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 907 shared comparable votes.

833 same votes 74 different votes 907 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
100 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
100 Aye 66 No
26 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
26 Aye 75 No
18 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
105 Aye 49 No
Tax 71% aligned 154 shared votes
95 Aye 59 No
15 Aye 8 No
Energy 83% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 15 No
Benefits 85% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 92% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 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
58.6 %
15 % below average
Rank 588 of 648
1,492
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,355
2,312 eligible divisions
834
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
745
55.0 % of votes cast
658
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
610
45.0 % 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
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
41
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 648
55
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 648
Contributions
46
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 471 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
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
Migration
161 of 169 votes
Transport
69 of 87 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Trade
72 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes
#5
Benefits
65 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API