Dawn Butler
Labour MP for Brent East
Won with 51.2% · Majority: 13,047
The Verdict
A few moments of conscience scattered among a sea of whipped votes. The occasional rebellion is there, but the overall pattern is clear.
Subject Grades
How Dawn scored on each issue. Tap any subject for the individual votes.
Cost of Living
0 kept · 3 broke · 4 missed
6,154 households in fuel poverty locally (11.54%)
NHS & Health
0 kept · 4 broke
Local A&E: only 79.7% seen within 4 hours (target: 95%)
Housing
0 kept · 3 broke
65% of constituents rent their home
Environment
0 kept · 3 broke · 1 missed
11.54% of local households in fuel poverty
Immigration
0 kept · 1 broke · 2 missed
Workers' Rights
0 kept · 2 broke · 1 missed
Won with 51.2% of the vote, majority of 13,047
Welfare & Benefits
2 kept · 5 broke · 2 missed
5,620 children in poverty in this constituency (20.8%)
Follow the Money
What Dawn claims, earns, and receives — compared to how they vote on the issues affecting their constituents.
Expense Breakdown
The Broken Promise
Registered Interests
1. Employment and earnings(2 entries)£3k
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Law Firm), Telephone House, 2-4 Temple Avenue, London EC4Y 0HB
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) 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)
Eden & Partners (deliver training programmes), 1 West Street, Lewes BN7 2NZ
Role, work or services: Speaking engagements Payer: Eden & Partners (deliver training programmes), 1 West Street, Lewes BN7 2NZ (Registered 2 April 2025) Payment: £500 Speaking engagement Received on: 26 March 2025. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 2 April 2025)
4. Visits outside the UK(1 entry)£3k
Ghana
Paid by: Heward Mills Ltd
Name of donor: Heward Mills Ltd Address of donor: 77 Farringdon Road, London EC1M 3JU Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights £2,005.19, accommodation £925, value £2,925.19 Destination of visit: Ghana Dates of visit: 23 May 2025 to 1 June 2025 Purpose of visit: The Protect Black Women Tour - Black Women leaders and allies from the UK and the US gathered in Accra, Ghana for a Liberation Tour to mark the 5th anniversary of George Floyd’s murder and to establish the Protect Black Women Accra Principles. (Registered 24 June 2025)
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(1 entry)
Undisclosed
Type of land/property: Residential property (house) Number of properties: 1 Location: London (Registered 8 June 2015; updated 3 September 2018)
8. Miscellaneous(3 entries)
Undisclosed
Trustee of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 24 November 2022 (Registered 3 March 2023)
Undisclosed
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)
British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union
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)
Sources: IPSA 2024-25, Register of Members' Financial Interests (Parliament API)
Every Penny: Dawn's Expenses
32 individual claims totalling £283,729.67 since this parliament opened (July 2024). Click any category to see exactly where the money went, down to every receipt. Items marked “LUMP SUM” are bundled by IPSA (mainly travel) — they won't break these down further.
Staffing(1 claim)£266,311.94
Payroll(1)£266,311.94
Office Costs(30 claims)£17,404.53
Rent(1)£11,314.85
Equipment - purchase(7)£2,147.91
Software & applications(7)£1,877.14
Parking(2)£1,673.00
Mobile telephone - equipment purchase(1)£185.93
Stationery & printing(1)£139.70
Mobile telephone - contract & usage(11)£66.00
MP Travel(1 claim)£13.20
Parking(1)£13.20
Source: IPSA Individual Business Costs 2024-25 — every claim published under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009
Brent East: The Real Impact
The people Dawn was elected to represent — and how they voted on the issues that affect them most.
Sources: DWP FYE 2024, DESNZ 2023, Census 2021, Election 2024