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Dawn Butler vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Jesse Norman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,149 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,097 different votes 1,149 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
13 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
56 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 114 shared votes
61 Aye 53 No
25 Aye 32 No
Transport 4% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Appearances
52
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
62
-85.7 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Contributions
101
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 339 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
87 of 91 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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 Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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