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Dawn Butler vs Sarah Olney

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 Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sarah Olney voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 790 shared comparable votes.

588 same votes 202 different votes 790 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
14 Aye 65 No
Migration 100% aligned 79 shared votes
14 Aye 65 No
32 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 92% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 16 No
Education 23% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 28% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
74 Aye 32 No
Tax 44% aligned 106 shared votes
59 Aye 47 No
24 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 49% aligned 37 shared votes
5 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 67% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 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
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
1,492
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
834
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
606
53.5 % of votes cast
658
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
526
46.5 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
55
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 648
Contributions
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 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
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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
47 of 50 votes
Transport
69 of 87 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 50 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
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
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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