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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 225 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 221 different votes 225 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 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
27 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 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
27 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

67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
Participation
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 305 of 649
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
590 eligible divisions
744
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
47.7% of votes cast
848
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
232
52.3% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 305 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
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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
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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