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Dame Karen Bradley vs Baggy Shanker

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 Baggy Shanker
Baggy Shanker
Lab Derby South

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 239 different votes 241 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
16 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
27 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
27 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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 475 of 649
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 129 of 649
1,586
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
575 eligible divisions
742
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
258
53.7 % of votes cast
844
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
222
46.3 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
Appearances
78
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 650
80
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
Contributions
96
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£198,540
12 % below average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API