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Dame Karen Bradley vs Barry Gardiner

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 Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,127 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,073 different votes 1,127 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
39 Aye 18 No
Migration 7% aligned 57 shared votes
16 Aye 41 No
61 Aye 87 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 148 shared votes
91 Aye 57 No
15 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
55 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 95 shared votes
41 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 21 No
Energy 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 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
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
744
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
848
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
11
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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