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Dame Karen Bradley vs Elaine Stewart

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 Elaine Stewart
Elaine Stewart
Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Elaine Stewart voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 174 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 170 different votes 174 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 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 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
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 564 of 649
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
363
590 eligible divisions
744
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
160
44.1% of votes cast
848
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
203
55.9% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% 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
25
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
Contributions
35
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£207,074
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£207,074
8% below average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Housing
25 of 32 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
81 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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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