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Dawn Butler vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Ian Lavery voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,358 shared comparable votes.

1,349 same votes 9 different votes 1,358 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
119 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
119 Aye 67 No
27 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
27 Aye 74 No
29 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
29 Aye 37 No
45 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 65 shared votes
45 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 36 No
Trade 100% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 20 No
Housing 98% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 16 No
Benefits 98% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
104 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 163 shared votes
106 Aye 57 No
56 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 117 shared votes
55 Aye 62 No
119 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
119 Aye 67 No

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

Voting record

63.8%
9% below average
Rank 530 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
1,531
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,836
2,401 eligible divisions
845
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,012
55.1% of votes cast
686
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
824
44.9% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Appearances
91
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
57
-95.0 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650
Contributions
116
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 305 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye rebel
No rebel
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
No
Sittings of the House 30 Dec 2020
Aye rebel
No
Mr Fysh's motion O (Contingent preferential arrangements) 27 Mar 2019
Aye rebel
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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