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Dawn Butler vs Sir Mel Stride

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 Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,218 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,166 different votes 1,218 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 8 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
103 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 166 shared votes
63 Aye 103 No
26 Aye 76 No
Migration 4% aligned 102 shared votes
74 Aye 28 No
60 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 110 shared votes
53 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 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
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
841
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
48.4 % of votes cast
673
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
951
51.6 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
20
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 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
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 12 Oct 2022
Aye
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