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Dawn Butler vs Sir John Hayes

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 John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,287 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,224 different votes 1,287 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
9 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 9 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 36 No
Transport 3% aligned 61 shared votes
38 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 61 shared votes
20 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
202 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 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
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
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
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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