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Sir Mel Stride vs Dawn Butler

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Dawn Butler voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,225 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,172 different votes 1,225 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
11 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
63 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 166 shared votes
103 Aye 63 No
74 Aye 28 No
Migration 4% aligned 102 shared votes
26 Aye 76 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 23 No
Benefits 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 19 No
Energy 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
Participation
64.2%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
843
55.3% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
682
44.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.6% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
Contributions
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£287,721
27% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
9
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Education
72 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 91 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API