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Dawn Butler vs David Simmonds

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 David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 797 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 757 different votes 797 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
14 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 64 No
Migration 7% aligned 87 shared votes
58 Aye 29 No
5 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 15 No
Benefits 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 29 No
Transport 3% aligned 37 shared votes
30 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
71 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 109 shared votes
38 Aye 71 No
27 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% 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
108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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 Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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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