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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

64.5 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 648
Participation
65.7 %
8 % below average
Rank 510 of 648
1,492
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,519
2,312 eligible divisions
834
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
850
56.0 % of votes cast
658
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
669
44.0 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
38 years, 11 months
Since 11 Jun 1987

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
13
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 648
55
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 648
Contributions
16
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 601 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
£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£270,312
20 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Defence
49 of 59 votes
Transport
69 of 87 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 88 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Work / Employment
58 of 75 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes
#5
Migration
127 of 169 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