Official portrait of Dawn Butler

Dawn Butler

Labour MP for Brent East, since 7 May 2015

Dawn Butler is the Labour MP for Brent East, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

Scorecard

69.6% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
400 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
175 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
14 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
10 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
424 Debates spoken in 543 written questions tabled

Ranked 375 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 32 No vote 268–78
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 255–128
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 No vote 264–125
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 254–135
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Energy: original words stand part No 97–336
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Taxes No 101–316
5 Nov 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 No vote 268–80
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 Aye 311–152
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B Aye 312–151
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B Aye 310–150
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B Aye 308–153
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B Aye 310–155
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Welfare spending No vote 92–403
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Supporting high streets No 106–321
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill: Third Reading Aye 321–103
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20 No 182–311
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No 173–323
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 82–314
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 170–328
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 96–154
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: China spying case No 174–327
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: Stamp Duty Land Tax No 103–329
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No 153–332
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 166–322
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 165–323

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Speaking engagement
Payer: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Law Firm), Telephone House, 2-4 Temple Avenue, London EC4Y 0HB
(Registered 3 December 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

Payment: £2,500 Speaking engagement at a Black History Month Event
Received on: 10 November 2025. Hours: 4 hrs.
Donated to: Jamaica Hurricane Melissa Relief Fund
(Registered 3 December 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Felicity Milton
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Date received: 26 May 2026
Date accepted: 26 May 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 16 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Jacquie Lawrence
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Date received: 26 May 2026
Date accepted: 26 May 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 16 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Supreme Creations
Address of donor: Supreme House 12 Iron Bridge Close, Great Central Way, London NW10 0UF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Date received: 2 June 2026
Date accepted: 2 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 16167450
(Registered 16 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

£5,000

Name of donor: Linda Riley
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Date received: 26 May 2026
Date accepted: 23 June 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 23 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (house)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
(Registered 8 June 2015; updated 3 September 2018)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Name of donor: British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union
Executive Committee Member of the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 13 November 2024
(Registered 19 November 2024)

On the register since 24 Nov 2025

Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 16 October 2024
(Registered 7 November 2024)

On the register since 13 Nov 2024

Trustee of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 24 November 2022
(Registered 3 March 2023)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

424 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

3 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £10,368 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
23 Jun 2026 Dawn Butler MP sitting MP Linda Riley Individual Cash £5,000
23 May 2025 Dawn Butler MP sitting MP Heward Mills Ltd Company Visit £2,925
12 Sep 2024 Dawn Butler MP sitting MP Each One Teach One Other Visit £2,443

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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