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Dawn Butler vs Stephen Kinnock

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 Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Stephen Kinnock voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,362 shared comparable votes.

1,336 same votes 26 different votes 1,362 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
125 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 193 shared votes
125 Aye 68 No
57 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
57 Aye 63 No
26 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
26 Aye 74 No
28 Aye 40 No
Transport 100% aligned 68 shared votes
28 Aye 40 No
40 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 60 shared votes
40 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 14 No
Benefits 95% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 35 No
Trade 97% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 14 No
Energy 97% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
105 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 170 shared votes
107 Aye 63 No
125 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 193 shared votes
125 Aye 68 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
75.1%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 650
1,536
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,814
2,417 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.4% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
790
43.6% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
114
+19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 650
63
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
432
+267.4 vs Commons average
Rank 36 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
£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£312,875
38% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 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 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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