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Dawn Butler vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,137 shared comparable votes.

1,122 same votes 15 different votes 1,137 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
101 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
101 Aye 63 No
42 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
42 Aye 49 No
20 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 84 shared votes
20 Aye 64 No
23 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Trade 98% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
103 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 163 shared votes
105 Aye 58 No
101 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
101 Aye 63 No
42 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
42 Aye 49 No
20 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 84 shared votes
20 Aye 64 No

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

Voting record

63.8%
9% below average
Rank 528 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
1,535
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,479
2,405 eligible divisions
848
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
823
55.6% of votes cast
687
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.4% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

59
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 650
Appearances
81
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
61
-93.8 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
Contributions
131
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 266 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
168 of 212 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Transport
65 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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