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Dawn Butler vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 777 shared comparable votes.

761 same votes 16 different votes 777 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
69 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 129 shared votes
69 Aye 60 No
45 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 71 shared votes
45 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 17 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 8 No
Benefits 93% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 11 No
Energy 97% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 17 No
Trade 97% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
67 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
69 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 129 shared votes
69 Aye 60 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

63.5%
9% below average
Rank 535 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
1,536
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
525
631 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
49.3% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
266
50.7% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
7
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
63
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
7
-157.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
173 of 212 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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