Dawn Butler, MP for Brent East
Dawn Butler has been an MP since 2005. Currently: Panel of Chairs.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Young Citizens and Youth Engagement) (Cabinet Office) | 2009 to 2010 | |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2008 to 2010 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (Government Equalities Office) | 2017 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Diverse Communities) (Government Equalities Office) | 2017 | |
| Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Diverse Communities) (Government Equalities Office) | 2016 to 2017 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill | 2025 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2025 to now | Now |
| Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill | 2024 | |
| Education Committee | 2020 | |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Children, Schools and Families | 2007 to 2009 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Dawn Butler has 10 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Linda Riley - £5,000.00 | 23 Jun 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Felicity Milton - £2,000.00 | 16 Jun 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Jacquie Lawrence - £2,000.00 | 16 Jun 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Supreme Creations - £2,000.00 | 16 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 10 November 2025 - £2,500.00 | 3 Dec 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Speaking engagement - Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 3 Dec 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Executive Committee Member of the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role. | 19 Nov 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role. | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. This is an unpaid role. | 3 Mar 2023 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in London | 8 Jun 2015 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Dawn Butler asked 6 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
20 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Dawn Butler represents Brent East. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Dawn Butler won with 51% of the votes, and Jamila Robertson (Conservative) came second with 17%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn Butler | Labour | 19,370 | 51.2% |
| Jamila Robertson | Conservative | 6,323 | 16.7% |
| Nida Alfulaij | Green Party | 3,729 | 9.9% |
| Jonny Singh | Liberal Democrat | 2,635 | 7.0% |
| Zbigniew Kowalczyk | Reform UK | 2,024 | 5.4% |
| Aadil Shaikh | Independent | 1,846 | 4.9% |
| James Mutimer | Workers Party of Britain | 1,052 | 2.8% |
| Amin Moafi | Independent | 654 | 1.7% |
| Jenner Folwell | Independent | 169 | 0.4% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Dawn Butler took part in 186 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Dawn Butler voted the same way as their party in 184 of the 184 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this