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Dawn Butler vs Helen Whately

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 Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Helen Whately voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,317 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,244 different votes 1,317 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
18 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
59 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 116 shared votes
59 Aye 57 No
24 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 14 No
Energy 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 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
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