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Dawn Butler vs Lisa Smart

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 Lisa Smart
Lisa Smart
LD Hazel Grove

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Lisa Smart voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 225 different votes 271 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
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 44% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 36% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 3% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
36 Aye 27 No
Tax 5% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 19 shared votes
1 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
9% below average
Rank 529 of 649
Participation
66.3%
7% below average
Rank 497 of 649
1,518
2,365 eligible divisions
Total votes
384
579 eligible divisions
842
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
54.4% of votes cast
676
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
175
45.6% of votes cast
23
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649
Appearances
160
+82.0 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
62
-74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
221
+84.9 vs Commons average
Rank 104 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
£239,061
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£239,061
6% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
21
4 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
28 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API