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Dame Karen Bradley vs Carla Lockhart

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 Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 486 shared comparable votes.

339 same votes 147 different votes 486 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 9 No
Education 100% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 12 No
Energy 88% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 45 No
Tax 83% aligned 66 shared votes
26 Aye 40 No
11 Aye 5 No
Migration 81% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 9 No
Housing 79% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 50% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 13 No
Benefits 50% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 8 No
Trade 50% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

67.1 %
6 % below average
Rank 476 of 649
Participation
45.5 %
27 % below average
Rank 629 of 649
1,584
2,359 eligible divisions
Total votes
746
1,641 eligible divisions
742
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
51.3 % of votes cast
842
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
363
48.7 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

64
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
Appearances
171
+94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
70
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
Contributions
193
+57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 125 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
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14 % above average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Trade
72 of 89 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Work / Employment
59 of 75 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill: Third Reading 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill Report Stage: Government New Clause 14 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill: Instruction (Scotland) 29 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 27 Feb 2024
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023 31 Jan 2024
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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