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Dawn Butler vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,163 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,118 different votes 1,163 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
16 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
90 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 151 shared votes
62 Aye 89 No
18 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 33 No
Transport 3% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
45 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 105 shared votes
61 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 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
84.8 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 649
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,786
2,106 eligible divisions
841
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
881
49.3 % of votes cast
673
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
905
50.7 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
16
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
23
-115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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 Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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