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Dame Karen Bradley vs David Simmonds

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and David Simmonds voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 871 shared comparable votes.

867 same votes 4 different votes 871 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
43 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 117 shared votes
43 Aye 74 No
58 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
58 Aye 46 No
38 Aye 17 No
Migration 100% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 9 No
Transport 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 117 shared votes
43 Aye 74 No
58 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
58 Aye 46 No
38 Aye 17 No
Migration 100% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 9 No
Transport 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
744
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
848
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

74
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 649
Appearances
112
+29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
80
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
Contributions
265
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 75 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API