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Dawn Butler vs John McDonnell

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 McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and John McDonnell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,397 shared comparable votes.

1,367 same votes 30 different votes 1,397 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
127 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 193 shared votes
127 Aye 66 No
25 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
25 Aye 76 No
29 Aye 36 No
Trade 100% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 39 No
Transport 100% aligned 64 shared votes
25 Aye 39 No
29 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 19 No
Education 92% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 97% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 19 No
Housing 97% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 20 No
Benefits 98% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 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
79.0%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 650
1,536
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,910
2,417 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,038
54.3% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
872
45.7% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
146
+51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
63
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
186
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 186 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 80 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 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
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
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
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
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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