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Dawn Butler vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 944 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 893 different votes 944 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
9 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 27% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 15 No
Benefits 13% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
43 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 85 shared votes
45 Aye 40 No
6 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
80 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 124 shared votes
44 Aye 80 No
28 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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