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Dawn Butler vs Dame Siobhain McDonagh

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Dame Siobhain McDonagh voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,026 shared comparable votes.

1,013 same votes 13 different votes 1,026 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
95 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 152 shared votes
95 Aye 57 No
46 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
46 Aye 48 No
25 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 38 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
14 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 15 No
Benefits 94% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 9 No
Energy 96% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 30 No
Trade 96% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
88 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 135 shared votes
90 Aye 45 No

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

Voting record

63.8%
9% below average
Rank 528 of 650
Participation
55.1%
17% below average
Rank 604 of 650
1,535
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,326
2,405 eligible divisions
848
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
750
56.6% of votes cast
687
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
576
43.4% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

57
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 650
Appearances
41
-47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
58
-96.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
Contributions
38
-116.6 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£292,669
29% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Brexit / EU
147 of 212 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 82 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Transport
64 of 96 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Education
64 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API