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Dawn Butler vs Mr Toby Perkins

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 Toby Perkins
Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,297 shared comparable votes.

1,273 same votes 24 different votes 1,297 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
103 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 168 shared votes
103 Aye 65 No
63 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
63 Aye 58 No
24 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
24 Aye 75 No
26 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
38 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 54 shared votes
38 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 96% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 13 No
Energy 97% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
103 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 166 shared votes
106 Aye 60 No
29 Aye 34 No
Trade 98% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
1,536
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,772
2,417 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
55.1% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
796
44.9% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
109
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
63
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
167
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 207 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 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
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
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
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