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Dawn Butler vs James Cartlidge

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 James Cartlidge
James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and James Cartlidge voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,326 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,268 different votes 1,326 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 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
105 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 171 shared votes
67 Aye 104 No
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
63 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 122 shared votes
60 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 528 of 649
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 67 of 649
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,040
2,361 eligible divisions
841
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
974
47.7 % of votes cast
673
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,066
52.3 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
165
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 159 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
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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