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Dawn Butler vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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 Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,358 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,305 different votes 1,358 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 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 27 No
Transport 4% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
64 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 120 shared votes
58 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
123 Aye 67 No
Tax 0% aligned 190 shared votes
67 Aye 123 No
30 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 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

64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 528 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
841
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
673
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
210 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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