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Dawn Butler vs Rebecca Paul

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
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Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 278 different votes 294 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
9 Aye 3 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 2% aligned 65 shared votes
28 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
1 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
Appearances
104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Contributions
152
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 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
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
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
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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