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Dawn Butler vs Gareth Bacon

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 Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 843 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 817 different votes 843 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
14 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 66 No
Migration 3% aligned 89 shared votes
63 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 27 No
Transport 3% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
43 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 98 shared votes
54 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

64.5 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,492
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
834
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
658
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
42
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 648
55
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 648
Contributions
53
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
63 of 63 votes
Transport
69 of 87 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 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
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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