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Dame Karen Bradley vs Michael Shanks

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 Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 307 different votes 318 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 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
22 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 41 No
Tax 2% aligned 60 shared votes
40 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
1 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

67.2 %
6 % below average
Rank 475 of 649
Participation
64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 531 of 649
1,586
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
763 eligible divisions
742
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
48.0 % of votes cast
844
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
254
52.0 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

73
-5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 649
Appearances
100
+21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 649
79
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
Contributions
402
+263.4 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
11
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
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
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