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Dawn Butler vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,258 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,194 different votes 1,258 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
6 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 33 No
Trade 6% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 74 No
Migration 4% aligned 101 shared votes
72 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 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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