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Dawn Butler vs Sir Julian 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
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,224 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,156 different votes 1,224 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 7 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
87 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 140 shared votes
54 Aye 86 No
13 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 14 No
Energy 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 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
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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