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Dawn Butler vs Sarah Bool

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 Sarah Bool
Sarah Bool
Con South Northamptonshire

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sarah Bool voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 299 different votes 317 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
50 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
33 Aye 50 No
25 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
33 Aye 50 No
25 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
1 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 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
70.8%
2% below average
Rank 409 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
590 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
177
42.3% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
241
57.7% 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
94
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 304 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
£188,791
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£188,791
17% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Tax
98 of 112 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
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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