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Dawn Butler vs Ian Murray

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Ian Murray voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,256 shared comparable votes.

1,235 same votes 21 different votes 1,256 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
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
105 Aye 67 No
110 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 166 shared votes
110 Aye 56 No
53 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
53 Aye 58 No
24 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
24 Aye 76 No
40 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 57 shared votes
40 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 20 No
Benefits 96% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 31 No
Trade 97% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
105 Aye 67 No
110 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 166 shared votes
110 Aye 56 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
71.1%
1% below average
Rank 398 of 650
1,536
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,718
2,417 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.4% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
766
44.6% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
75
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
63
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
152
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 241 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
£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£277,506
23% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
4
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
173 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 212 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
152 of 171 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
66 of 82 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Benefits
63 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API