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Dame Karen Bradley vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 635 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 600 different votes 635 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
2 Aye 12 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
27 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 92 shared votes
68 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 103 shared votes
59 Aye 44 No
20 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 13 shared votes
11 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
744
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
848
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
Contributions
7
-136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
11
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
24 of 24 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Motion under section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019 9 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Draft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Education
Aye
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