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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.

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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
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part Aye 344–181
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part Aye 324–180
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No 167–350
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities No 105–332
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials No vote 182–290
17 Dec 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading Aye 312–165
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading Aye 341–195
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) No 118–340
15 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H No vote 311–96
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer No 90–297
10 Dec 2025 Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work Aye 320–98
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Seasonal work No 98–325
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Second Reading Aye 329–173
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No 170–332
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion Aye 100–100
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 Aye 327–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H Aye 326–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B Aye 395–98
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120 Aye 300–96
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B Aye 327–96
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15 No 154–303
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16 No 143–304
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 No 77–298
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 No 87–299
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty No vote 357–174

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

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Debates

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

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

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