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Dawn Butler vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,430 shared comparable votes.

1,406 same votes 24 different votes 1,430 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
128 Aye 76 No
Tax 100% aligned 204 shared votes
128 Aye 76 No
61 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 119 shared votes
61 Aye 58 No
27 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
27 Aye 76 No
29 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
29 Aye 38 No
40 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 63 shared votes
40 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 20 No
Benefits 96% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 14 No
Energy 97% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 36 No
Trade 98% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 172 shared votes
107 Aye 65 No
128 Aye 76 No
Tax 100% aligned 204 shared votes
128 Aye 76 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
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 650
1,536
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,417 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,101
55.4% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
888
44.6% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
172
+77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
63
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
786
+621.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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