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Dame Karen Bradley vs Bob Blackman

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 Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Bob Blackman voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,512 shared comparable votes.

1,478 same votes 34 different votes 1,512 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
77 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
77 Aye 71 No
42 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 36 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 50 shared votes
14 Aye 36 No
18 Aye 26 No
Benefits 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 23 No
Housing 95% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
69 Aye 120 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 189 shared votes
66 Aye 123 No
44 Aye 19 No
Migration 95% aligned 63 shared votes
47 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 47 No
Education 98% aligned 66 shared votes
18 Aye 48 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
1,612
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,113
2,417 eligible divisions
748
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
990
46.9% of votes cast
864
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,123
53.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
Appearances
159
+64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
107
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
Contributions
189
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 181 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
11
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
189 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 80 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 27 Feb 2024
Housing
Aye rebel
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
No rebel
Aye
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 85 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No rebel
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
No rebel
No
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
No rebel
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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