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Dawn Butler vs Sir Julian Lewis

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 Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,258 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,187 different votes 1,258 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
22 Aye 14 No
Defence 19% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 16 No
Benefits 8% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
59 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 122 shared votes
60 Aye 62 No
30 Aye 35 No
Trade 6% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 60 shared votes
20 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% 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
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
193 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 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
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
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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