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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 1,167 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,124 different votes 1,167 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 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 181 shared votes
57 Aye 124 No
23 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 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
75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 308 of 648
1,492
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
834
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
818
46.9 % of votes cast
658
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
926
53.1 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
141
+81.1 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 648
55
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 648
Contributions
161
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
188 of 211 votes
Transport
69 of 87 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
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
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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