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Dame Karen Bradley vs Claire Hughes

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 Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Claire Hughes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 254 different votes 259 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 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
89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
590 eligible divisions
744
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
51.1% of votes cast
848
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
259
48.9% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
0
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
Contributions
0
-143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 643 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
11
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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