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Richard Burgon vs Dawn Butler

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

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Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East
vs
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Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East

Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Dawn Butler voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,402 shared comparable votes.

1,392 same votes 10 different votes 1,402 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
123 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 194 shared votes
123 Aye 71 No
27 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
27 Aye 77 No
29 Aye 37 No
Trade 100% aligned 66 shared votes
29 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 26 No
Education 95% aligned 61 shared votes
38 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 97% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 18 No
Housing 97% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 17 No
Benefits 98% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
107 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 172 shared votes
105 Aye 67 No

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

Voting record

80.3 %
7 % above average
Rank 202 of 647
Participation
64.5 %
9 % below average
Rank 531 of 647
1,865
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,499
2,323 eligible divisions
1,027
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
835
55.7 % of votes cast
838
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
664
44.3 % of votes cast
40
2.1 % of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

73
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 647
Appearances
52
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 647
82
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Contributions
60
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£287,721
27 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
7
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

Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#2
Transport
69 of 91 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#3
Education
72 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#5
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
Aye
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
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