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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 1,079 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,032 different votes 1,079 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
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
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 29 No
Transport 2% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 51 shared votes
17 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
72 of 95 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
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
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