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Dawn Butler vs Richard Burgon

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 Richard Burgon
Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Richard Burgon voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,422 shared comparable votes.

1,411 same votes 11 different votes 1,422 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
123 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
123 Aye 73 No
27 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
27 Aye 77 No
31 Aye 37 No
Trade 100% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
29 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 23 No
Education 95% aligned 61 shared votes
35 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 97% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 19 No
Housing 97% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 18 No
Benefits 98% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 172 shared votes
107 Aye 65 No

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

Voting record

63.7%
9% below average
Rank 530 of 650
Participation
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 197 of 650
1,526
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,916
2,396 eligible divisions
844
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,047
54.6% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
869
45.4% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
45
2.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
83
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 650
57
-94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650
Contributions
95
-56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 366 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
£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£301,574
33% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
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
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
75 of 80 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye rebel
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 rebel
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye rebel
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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