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Dame Karen Bradley vs Alex Ballinger

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

Photograph of Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands
vs
Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 219 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 215 different votes 219 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
1 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
1 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

67.2 %
6 % below average
Rank 478 of 649
Participation
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 649
1,581
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
432
568 eligible divisions
739
46.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
207
47.9 % of votes cast
842
53.3 % of votes cast
No votes
225
52.1 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 649
Appearances
75
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
58
-74.0 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 649
Contributions
132
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7 % below average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
11
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
72 of 89 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
59 of 75 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
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
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