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Dame Karen Bradley vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Ian Lavery voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,239 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,182 different votes 1,239 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
40 Aye 18 No
Migration 7% aligned 58 shared votes
16 Aye 42 No
57 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 158 shared votes
105 Aye 53 No
15 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
24 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
744
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
848
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% 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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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