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Dame Karen Bradley vs Michael Payne

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 Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Michael Payne voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 208 shared comparable votes.

0 same votes 208 different votes 208 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
17 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 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
77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
1,557
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
526 eligible divisions
724
46.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
53.3 % of votes cast
833
53.5 % of votes cast
No votes
190
46.7 % 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
15
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
41
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 648
Contributions
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
59 of 75 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#5
Defence
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
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 Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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
Aye
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
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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