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Dawn Butler vs Patrick Spencer

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 Patrick Spencer
Patrick Spencer
Con Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 283 different votes 301 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
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 649
Participation
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
193
46.5% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
222
53.5% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
8
-135.5 vs Commons average
Rank 625 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
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
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