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Dawn Butler vs Brian Leishman

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Brian Leishman voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

308 same votes 4 different votes 312 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
48 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
48 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 7 No
Housing 89% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 10 No
Benefits 94% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
48 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
48 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 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
73.9%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 650
1,536
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
631 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
44.2% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
260
55.8% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
23
4.9% 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
169
+74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
63
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
192
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 177 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
£182,647
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£182,647
19% below average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
4
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
173 of 212 votes
#1
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Tax
103 of 121 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API