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Dawn Butler vs Ed Miliband

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Ed Miliband voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,025 shared comparable votes.

1,006 same votes 19 different votes 1,025 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
77 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 119 shared votes
77 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 90 shared votes
16 Aye 74 No
25 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 70 shared votes
25 Aye 45 No
21 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 93% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 10 No
Energy 96% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
101 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 162 shared votes
103 Aye 59 No
77 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 119 shared votes
77 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 90 shared votes
16 Aye 74 No

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

Voting record

63.5%
9% below average
Rank 535 of 650
Participation
54.1%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 650
1,536
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,308
2,417 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
725
55.4% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.6% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
70
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
63
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
785
+620.4 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
171 of 212 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 49 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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