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Dawn Butler vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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 Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,246 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,194 different votes 1,246 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
24 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 9% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 76 No
Migration 4% aligned 103 shared votes
74 Aye 29 No
50 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 106 shared votes
56 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 528 of 649
Participation
77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 256 of 649
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,834
2,361 eligible divisions
841
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.9 % of votes cast
673
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
938
51.1 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
74
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 409 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
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26 % above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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