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Gareth Bacon vs Dawn Butler

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington
vs
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Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Dawn Butler voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 857 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 831 different votes 857 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 12 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
63 Aye 26 No
Migration 3% aligned 89 shared votes
23 Aye 66 No
30 Aye 8 No
Transport 3% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No
54 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 98 shared votes
43 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 31 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
Participation
64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 529 of 649
1,438
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,509
2,356 eligible divisions
705
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
839
55.6 % of votes cast
733
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
670
44.4 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

47
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
60
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
Contributions
65
-69.5 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£287,721
27 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Education
72 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 89 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
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