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Dawn Butler vs Sir John Whittingdale

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 Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,259 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,212 different votes 1,259 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
19 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
51 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 114 shared votes
64 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 75 No
Migration 4% aligned 101 shared votes
73 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 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
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
841
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
673
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
204 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 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
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
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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