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Dame Karen Bradley vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,068 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,025 different votes 1,068 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
37 Aye 16 No
Migration 6% aligned 53 shared votes
13 Aye 40 No
53 Aye 97 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 150 shared votes
102 Aye 48 No
13 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
58 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 93 shared votes
35 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 17 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 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
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
744
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
848
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

72
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
78
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Contributions
131
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 237 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
11
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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