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Dawn Butler vs Shabana Mahmood

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Shabana Mahmood voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 969 shared comparable votes.

963 same votes 6 different votes 969 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
82 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 122 shared votes
82 Aye 40 No
43 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 86 shared votes
43 Aye 43 No
17 Aye 56 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
17 Aye 56 No
19 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 8 No
Benefits 92% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 7 No
Energy 95% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 172 shared votes
107 Aye 65 No
82 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 122 shared votes
82 Aye 40 No
43 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 86 shared votes
43 Aye 43 No

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

Voting record

63.8%
9% below average
Rank 528 of 650
Participation
53.1%
19% below average
Rank 615 of 650
1,535
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,278
2,405 eligible divisions
848
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
57.3% of votes cast
687
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
546
42.7% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

57
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 650
Appearances
71
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
58
-96.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
Contributions
823
+668.4 vs Commons average
Rank 4 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
£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£287,702
27% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
173 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
56 of 82 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
59 of 94 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Migration
107 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API