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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.

Photograph of Dawn Butler
Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East
vs
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Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 64% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

206 same votes 114 different votes 320 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
8 Aye 5 No
Benefits 77% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 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

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
31 of 32 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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