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Dawn Butler vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Pat McFadden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,177 shared comparable votes.

1,162 same votes 15 different votes 1,177 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
91 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 136 shared votes
91 Aye 45 No
26 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
26 Aye 76 No
39 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
39 Aye 52 No
27 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 9 No
Energy 95% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 96% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 35 No
Trade 98% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
104 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 169 shared votes
106 Aye 63 No
91 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 136 shared votes
91 Aye 45 No

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

Voting record

63.8%
9% below average
Rank 528 of 650
Participation
65.7%
7% below average
Rank 507 of 650
1,535
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,579
2,405 eligible divisions
848
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4% of votes cast
687
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
672
42.6% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

59
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 650
Appearances
46
-42.8 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 650
61
-93.8 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
Contributions
390
+235.2 vs Commons average
Rank 44 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
173 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
185 of 212 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 94 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
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