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Dawn Butler vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Priti Patel voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,057 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,013 different votes 1,057 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
12 Aye 42 No
Migration 6% aligned 54 shared votes
39 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
101 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 160 shared votes
54 Aye 106 No
20 Aye 27 No
Transport 2% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
51 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 100 shared votes
50 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 51 shared votes
17 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 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
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 648
1,492
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,429
2,312 eligible divisions
834
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
45.1 % of votes cast
658
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
785
54.9 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
57
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 648
55
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 648
Contributions
77
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Transport
69 of 87 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#3
Trade
67 of 88 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes
#5
Tax
215 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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