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Dawn Butler vs Liz Kendall

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Liz Kendall voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,157 shared comparable votes.

1,135 same votes 22 different votes 1,157 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
99 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
99 Aye 59 No
34 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 88 shared votes
34 Aye 54 No
27 Aye 54 No
Migration 100% aligned 81 shared votes
27 Aye 54 No
25 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
34 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 18 No
Benefits 95% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 30 No
Trade 96% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 10 No
Energy 96% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
105 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 168 shared votes
107 Aye 61 No
99 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
99 Aye 59 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
64.3%
8% below average
Rank 523 of 650
1,536
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,555
2,417 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
57.0% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
668
43.0% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
35
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
63
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
483
+318.4 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
184 of 212 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API