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Dame Karen Bradley vs Sam Carling

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 Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Sam Carling voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 252 different votes 256 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

67.1 %
6 % below average
Rank 479 of 650
Participation
90.3 %
18 % above average
Rank 18 of 650
1,578
2,351 eligible divisions
Total votes
510
565 eligible divisions
739
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
268
52.5 % of votes cast
839
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
242
47.5 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Appearances
64
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
54
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Contributions
84
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 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
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34 % below average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
72 of 89 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
59 of 75 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
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
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