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Dawn Butler vs Nigel Farage

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 Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Nigel Farage voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 112 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 94 different votes 112 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
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 6 No
Housing 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
1 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
1 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

64.2%
9% below average
Rank 529 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,518
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
4
5 eligible divisions
842
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
2
50.0% of votes cast
676
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
2
50.0% of votes cast
23
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

58
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Appearances
14
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
62
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 649
Contributions
16
-121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 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
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
No topic data
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
No topic data
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
No topic data
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
No topic data

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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