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Dawn Butler vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 911 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 855 different votes 911 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
12 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 12% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
67 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 114 shared votes
44 Aye 70 No
Most different by topic
85 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 129 shared votes
44 Aye 85 No
20 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
No
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