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Dawn Butler vs Gareth Snell

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 Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Gareth Snell voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 726 shared comparable votes.

707 same votes 19 different votes 726 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
73 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 128 shared votes
73 Aye 55 No
32 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 11 No
Trade 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 8 No
Benefits 92% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
67 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 105 shared votes
66 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 21 No
Transport 95% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
73 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 128 shared votes
73 Aye 55 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
87.3%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
1,539
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
555
636 eligible divisions
850
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
49.4% of votes cast
689
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
281
50.6% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
Appearances
206
+110.4 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
66
-100.4 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 650
Contributions
322
+155.6 vs Commons average
Rank 71 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
£797,891
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£176,059
22% below average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 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
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
Aye
Amendment (a) to the Business of the House motion 3 Apr 2019
Transport
No rebel
Aye
Business of the House motion 1 Apr 2019
Transport
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
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: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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