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Dawn Butler vs Dame Karen Bradley

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
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Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,093 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,036 different votes 1,093 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
11 Aye 41 No
Migration 8% aligned 52 shared votes
39 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
98 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 154 shared votes
57 Aye 97 No
20 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 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
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.7% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
848
53.3% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 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
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
188 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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 Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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