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Brian Leishman vs Dame Karen Bradley

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

Photograph of Brian Leishman
Brian Leishman
Lab Alloa and Grangemouth
vs
Photograph of Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 211 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 203 different votes 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 7 No
Housing 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
30 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
194
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.7% of votes cast
242
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
848
53.3% of votes cast
23
5.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

141
+57.4 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Appearances
72
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
158
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Contributions
78
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,647
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19% below average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
0
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

NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Migration
11 of 13 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
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
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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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