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Dawn Butler vs Edward Argar

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 Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Edward Argar voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,379 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,306 different votes 1,379 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
18 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
105 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 170 shared votes
67 Aye 103 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
57 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 124 shared votes
68 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 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
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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