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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 1,341 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,288 different votes 1,341 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 25 No
Transport 4% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
64 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 120 shared votes
58 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
123 Aye 65 No
Tax 0% aligned 188 shared votes
65 Aye 123 No
28 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
36 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

64.5 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,492
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
834
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
658
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
55
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 648
Contributions
111
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 648

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
44 % below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
69 of 87 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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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