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Dame Karen Bradley vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 463 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 453 different votes 463 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 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
41 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 65 shared votes
53 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
23 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 650
Participation
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 540 of 650
1,605
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
619 eligible divisions
748
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
184
47.1% of votes cast
857
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
207
52.9% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-12.0 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Appearances
64
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
89
-67.6 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Contributions
512
+355.4 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
11
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
189 of 212 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 80 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: EU Membership 15 Jun 2016
Aye
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
HS2: report stage: Third Reading 23 Mar 2016
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API