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Dame Karen Bradley vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Ruth Jones voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 809 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 778 different votes 809 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
31 Aye 16 No
Migration 6% aligned 47 shared votes
13 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 10 No
Transport 2% aligned 42 shared votes
11 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 29 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
744
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
848
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

72
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
Appearances
53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
78
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Contributions
78
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
11
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 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
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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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
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