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Dawn Butler vs Sir Edward Leigh

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 Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,181 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,138 different votes 1,181 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 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
48 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 110 shared votes
63 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 69 No
Migration 1% aligned 91 shared votes
70 Aye 21 No
95 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 157 shared votes
61 Aye 96 No
Most different by topic
124 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 183 shared votes
59 Aye 124 No
23 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 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
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
841
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
673
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
188 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 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
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
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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