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Josh Newbury vs Dawn Butler

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

Photograph of Josh Newbury
Josh Newbury
Lab Cannock Chase
vs
Photograph of Dawn Butler
Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East

Voting alignment

Josh Newbury and Dawn Butler voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

383 same votes 6 different votes 389 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 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
51 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 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 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Trade 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 10 No
Benefits 90% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
51 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
51 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

84.4%
12% above average
Rank 100 of 650
Participation
63.5%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 650
537
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,422 eligible divisions
283
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
850
55.2% of votes cast
254
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
689
44.8% of votes cast
13
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

169
+72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
Appearances
62
-34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
199
+31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Contributions
64
-103.2 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52% below average
Latest expenses
£287,721
27% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#2
Education
72 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Transport
73 of 98 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 94 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No rebel
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
No
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
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