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Dame Karen Bradley vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,256 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,196 different votes 1,256 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
64 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 165 shared votes
105 Aye 60 No
13 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
41 Aye 19 No
Migration 5% aligned 60 shared votes
16 Aye 44 No
9 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
744
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
848
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
11
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API