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Dawn Butler vs Mr Louie French

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 Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Mr Louie French voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 568 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 541 different votes 568 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
3 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 6% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 56 No
Migration 4% aligned 78 shared votes
53 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 649
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
3
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
172 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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