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Christian Wakeford vs Dame Karen Bradley

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

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Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
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Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 44% of the time, based on 802 shared comparable votes.

351 same votes 451 different votes 802 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
20 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 86% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 83% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 15 No
Trade 69% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 65% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 8 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 6% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
Participation
67.2 %
6 % below average
Rank 475 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,586
2,361 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
742
46.8 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
844
53.2 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

1
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
73
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649
1
-136.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
79
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 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
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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