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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 1,242 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,195 different votes 1,242 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
28 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 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

64.5 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,492
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
834
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
658
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
61
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 648
55
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 648
Contributions
77
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Transport
69 of 87 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
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: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
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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