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Dame Karen Bradley vs Sonia Kumar

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 Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 215 different votes 218 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 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

67.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 481 of 647
Participation
81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 178 of 647
1,569
2,328 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
542 eligible divisions
733
46.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.2 % of votes cast
836
53.3 % of votes cast
No votes
207
46.8 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

47
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 647
Appearances
93
+27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 647
51
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 647
Contributions
103
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14 % below average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
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
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
59 of 75 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
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: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API