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Dawn Butler vs Mark Garnier

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

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Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East
vs
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Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Mark Garnier voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,300 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,243 different votes 1,300 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
22 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 9% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
104 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 170 shared votes
68 Aye 102 No
21 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 71 No
Migration 4% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 14 No
Energy 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 528 of 649
Participation
83.6 %
11 % above average
Rank 127 of 649
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,974
2,361 eligible divisions
841
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.7 % of votes cast
673
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,012
51.3 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
248
+109.7 vs Commons average
Rank 80 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15 % above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
22
7 registered categories
3
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
172 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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