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Andy McDonald vs Dame Karen Bradley

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,211 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,149 different votes 1,211 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
105 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 164 shared votes
63 Aye 101 No
14 Aye 40 No
Migration 6% aligned 54 shared votes
37 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.7% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
848
53.3% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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