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Dawn Butler vs Steve Darling

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 Steve Darling
Steve Darling
LD Torbay

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Steve Darling voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 227 different votes 287 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 8 No
Benefits 24% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 29 No
Tax 3% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

64.0%
9% below average
Rank 530 of 650
Participation
67.7%
5% below average
Rank 469 of 650
1,525
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
403
595 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
54.6% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
183
45.4% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
Appearances
145
+60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
62
-85.7 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Contributions
171
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 176 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 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
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
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