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Dawn Butler vs Mr Richard Holden

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 Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 772 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 739 different votes 772 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
7 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 65 No
Migration 3% aligned 89 shared votes
62 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 26 No
Transport 3% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
37 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 80 shared votes
41 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

64.5 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 648
Participation
80.2 %
7 % above average
Rank 213 of 648
1,492
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,278
1,594 eligible divisions
834
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
624
48.8 % of votes cast
658
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
654
51.2 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 648
55
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 648
Contributions
60
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
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
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Transport
69 of 87 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes
#5
Housing
46 of 53 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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