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Dame Karen Bradley vs Simon Lightwood

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 Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 407 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 385 different votes 407 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 1 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 4 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 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
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
744
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
848
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

72
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
Contributions
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
11
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
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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