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Dawn Butler vs Jess Phillips

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
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Photograph of Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Jess Phillips voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,277 shared comparable votes.

1,254 same votes 23 different votes 1,277 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
98 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
98 Aye 60 No
56 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
56 Aye 65 No
26 Aye 70 No
Migration 100% aligned 96 shared votes
26 Aye 70 No
25 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 63 shared votes
25 Aye 38 No
37 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
37 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 16 No
Benefits 94% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 12 No
Energy 96% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 36 No
Trade 98% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
106 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 173 shared votes
108 Aye 65 No
98 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
98 Aye 60 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
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 650
1,536
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
57.4% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
713
42.6% 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
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
60
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650
63
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
206
+41.4 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
£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£267,662
18% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
4
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
173 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
64 of 82 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: New Clause 2 13 Jun 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
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
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: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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