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Dawn Butler vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,135 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,079 different votes 1,135 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
25 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 9% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 47 No
Migration 6% aligned 70 shared votes
45 Aye 25 No
48 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 97 shared votes
51 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 160 shared votes
52 Aye 108 No
29 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 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