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Dawn Butler vs Ms Diane Abbott

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Ms Diane Abbott voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,223 shared comparable votes.

1,219 same votes 4 different votes 1,223 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
106 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
106 Aye 58 No
51 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
51 Aye 64 No
27 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
27 Aye 74 No
29 Aye 34 No
Trade 100% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 96% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 18 No
Benefits 97% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 20 No
Housing 98% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
102 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 165 shared votes
103 Aye 62 No
106 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
106 Aye 58 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
64.4 %
8 % below average
Rank 526 of 649
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,521
2,361 eligible divisions
841
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
850
55.9 % of votes cast
673
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
671
44.1 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
31
2.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
39 years, 2 months
Since 11 Jun 1987

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
27
-111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 577 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
£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£270,312
20 % above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
175 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Housing
49 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API