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Dame Karen Bradley vs Katie Lam

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 Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Katie Lam voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 189 shared comparable votes.

189 same votes 0 different votes 189 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
18 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

67.3 %
6 % below average
Rank 486 of 648
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 474 of 648
1,557
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
358
526 eligible divisions
724
46.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
47.2 % of votes cast
833
53.5 % of votes cast
No votes
189
52.8 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

37
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 648
Appearances
68
+7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 648
41
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
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
Tax
100 of 108 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 23 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
59 of 75 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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