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Dawn Butler vs Sir Christopher Chope

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 Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 910 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 863 different votes 910 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
8 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 6 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 64 No
Migration 0% aligned 83 shared votes
64 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 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
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
192 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 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
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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