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Dawn Butler vs Gregory Stafford

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 Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 267 different votes 285 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
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 5 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
43 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
30 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
30 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
590 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.4% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
240
53.6% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
289
+145.5 vs Commons average
Rank 61 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Tax
101 of 112 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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: 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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