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Dame Karen Bradley vs Ben Coleman

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 Ben Coleman
Ben Coleman
Lab Chelsea and Fulham

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Ben Coleman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 213 different votes 224 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
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
1 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
22 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
1 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
22 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 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
71.2%
1% below average
Rank 404 of 649
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
420
590 eligible divisions
744
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
54.0% of votes cast
848
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
193
46.0% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Appearances
51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 649
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
Contributions
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 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
£186,638
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£186,638
17% below average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
10 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 29 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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