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Dawn Butler vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 65% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

200 same votes 109 different votes 309 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
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 2 No
Energy 91% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 44% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
3 Aye 2 No
Trade 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 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
79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 207 of 649
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
458
575 eligible divisions
841
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
55.7 % of votes cast
673
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
203
44.3 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 649
Appearances
205
+126.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
65
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
Contributions
309
+169.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22 % below average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API