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Dawn Butler vs Sojan Joseph

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 Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

413 same votes 3 different votes 416 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
51 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
51 Aye 39 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 90% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
51 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
51 Aye 39 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

63.8%
9% below average
Rank 530 of 650
Participation
91.6%
19% above average
Rank 11 of 650
1,536
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
568
620 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
282
49.6% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
286
50.4% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
76
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
61
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 498 of 650
Contributions
90
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 406 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
4
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
173 of 212 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Transport
30 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API