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Dawn Butler vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 500 shared comparable votes.

486 same votes 14 different votes 500 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
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
48 Aye 10 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 58 shared votes
48 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 8 No
Benefits 89% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 4 No
Energy 94% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
48 Aye 10 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 58 shared votes
48 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 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
62.6%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 650
1,539
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
636 eligible divisions
850
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
48.0% of votes cast
689
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
207
52.0% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Appearances
74
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
68
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
Contributions
580
+411.1 vs Commons average
Rank 18 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Transport
27 of 32 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Trade
8 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 33 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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: 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
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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