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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 1,147 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,102 different votes 1,147 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 31 No
Transport 4% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
45 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 105 shared votes
61 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 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

64.5 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 648
Participation
85.2 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 648
1,492
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,752
2,057 eligible divisions
834
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
860
49.1 % of votes cast
658
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
892
50.9 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 648
55
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 648
Contributions
34
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 528 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
67 of 69 votes
Transport
69 of 87 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
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
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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