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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 871 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 842 different votes 871 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
11 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 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
Most different by topic
18 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 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 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
Participation
64.2%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
843
55.3% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
682
44.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 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
9
4 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
52 of 53 votes
#2
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Education
72 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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