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Dawn Butler vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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 Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,125 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,071 different votes 1,125 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
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 35 No
Migration 7% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
104 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 161 shared votes
58 Aye 103 No
14 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 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
197 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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