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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 1,229 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,177 different votes 1,229 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
27 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 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

64.5 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 648
Participation
78.0 %
5 % above average
Rank 258 of 648
1,492
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,312 eligible divisions
834
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
48.6 % of votes cast
658
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
927
51.4 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 648
55
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 648
Contributions
76
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 648

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
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
0
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
172 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Transport
69 of 87 votes
#2
Trade
79 of 88 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
148 of 169 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes
#5
Transport
73 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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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