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Dawn Butler vs Lucy Powell

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 Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Lucy Powell voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,206 shared comparable votes.

1,188 same votes 18 different votes 1,206 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
111 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 175 shared votes
111 Aye 64 No
41 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
41 Aye 57 No
19 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 83 shared votes
19 Aye 64 No
42 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 64 shared votes
42 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 15 No
Benefits 94% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 10 No
Energy 97% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 31 No
Trade 98% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
102 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 163 shared votes
104 Aye 59 No
111 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 175 shared votes
111 Aye 64 No

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

Voting record

63.8%
9% below average
Rank 528 of 650
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 499 of 650
1,535
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,589
2,405 eligible divisions
848
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
55.9% of votes cast
687
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
700
44.1% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

58
-30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650
Appearances
23
-65.0 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
56
-97.4 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
Contributions
206
+52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 143 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 94 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
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
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