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Dawn Butler vs Colum Eastwood

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 Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 578 shared comparable votes.

557 same votes 21 different votes 578 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
23 Aye 63 No
Migration 100% aligned 86 shared votes
23 Aye 63 No
23 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 64 shared votes
23 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 4 No
Education 85% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
47 Aye 16 No
Tax 90% aligned 63 shared votes
43 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 14 No
Benefits 96% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 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
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
Appearances
22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Contributions
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 569 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
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
172 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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