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Dawn Butler vs Chris Elmore

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 Chris Elmore
Chris Elmore
Lab Bridgend

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Chris Elmore voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,293 shared comparable votes.

1,272 same votes 21 different votes 1,293 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
120 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 181 shared votes
120 Aye 61 No
26 Aye 73 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
26 Aye 73 No
40 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 97 shared votes
40 Aye 57 No
26 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 16 No
Benefits 93% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 34 No
Trade 98% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
103 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 169 shared votes
105 Aye 64 No
120 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 181 shared votes
120 Aye 61 No
26 Aye 73 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
26 Aye 73 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
77.1%
5% above average
Rank 264 of 650
1,536
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,824
2,366 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,002
54.9% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
822
45.1% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
10 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
45
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 650
63
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
240
+75.4 vs Commons average
Rank 120 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
£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£343,439
52% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
58 of 62 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 165 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 78 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
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