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Sarah Pochin vs Dawn Butler

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Dawn Butler
Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Dawn Butler voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 156 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 141 different votes 156 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
6 Aye 3 No
Benefits 33% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 0 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 10 No
Tax 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
15 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
64.2%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
843
55.3% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
682
44.7% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.6% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
120
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Contributions
62
-80.3 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£287,721
27% above average
7
5 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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Education
72 of 96 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 91 votes
Energy
6 of 8 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API