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Dawn Butler vs John Lamont

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 John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,180 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,132 different votes 1,180 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
14 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 70 No
Migration 4% aligned 97 shared votes
68 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 27 No
Transport 4% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
Appearances
154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
83 of 87 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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