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Dawn Butler vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,275 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,213 different votes 1,275 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
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 7% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 73 No
Migration 5% aligned 100 shared votes
70 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 51 shared votes
14 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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