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Dawn Butler vs Caroline Voaden

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 Caroline Voaden
Caroline Voaden
LD South Devon

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Caroline Voaden voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 239 different votes 286 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
7 Aye 0 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 42% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 9 No
Benefits 26% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 20 shared votes
1 Aye 19 No
40 Aye 25 No
Tax 6% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
2 Aye 9 No
Transport 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
9% below average
Rank 529 of 649
Participation
69.0%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 649
1,518
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
400
580 eligible divisions
842
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
200
50.0% of votes cast
676
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
200
50.0% of votes cast
23
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Appearances
160
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
62
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 649
Contributions
199
+61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 122 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
£193,283
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£193,283
15% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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
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