Dawn Butler MP
We’ve fact checked Dawn Butler six times. We’ve asked her to correct the record once. Join others in her constituency of Brent East to ask her to stand up for honesty in public life.
Your trust should be earned. Any MP making serious claims in public debate should be prepared to get their facts right, back up what they say with evidence and correct their mistakes.
When politicians fall short, we can demand better. Join us and take action for higher standards in public life now.
We’ve fact checked Dawn Butler six times
Full Fact scrutinises claims made by politicians on all sides of political debate. We prioritise claims that have the potential to cause most harm.
Our team isn’t able to monitor and fact check all claims made by every politician, so this list isn’t exhaustive. It isn’t accurate to use these examples to draw comparisons about the overall behaviour of individual MPs or political parties.
It’s misleading to say 100 studies were not included in the Cass Review
Around 100 studies have not been included in the Cass report, and we need to know why.
Dawn Butler, 15 April 2024
Change in LGBT+ hate crime levels not as simple as Dawn Butler suggests
We’ve had nearly a 400% increase in hate crime with the LGBT+ community
Dawn Butler, 17 February 2020
Has 86% of austerity fallen on women?
“86% of Tory austerity has fallen on women.”
Dawn Butler, 18 October 2018
We’ve asked Dawn Butler to correct the record once
It’s important that those making claims in public life correct their mistakes. We follow up on our fact checks to ask politicians and media organisations to issue corrections when they get things wrong.
We have been in touch with Dawn Butler about one of her claims. She has corrected the record.
Dawn Butler corrected a misleading claim that 100 studies had not been included in the Cass Review on 23 May 2024
Thank you Dawn Butler for correcting the record on 22 April 2024
Together we can demand higher standards in public life
A new government is a new opportunity to improve the quality of public debate and restore trust in politics.
People in Brent East believe Dawn Butler must stand up for honesty
We are calling on the new government to prioritise this issue.
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