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Dame Karen Bradley vs Steve Witherden

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 Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Steve Witherden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 234 different votes 236 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
15 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 649
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
744
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.8% of votes cast
848
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
227
48.2% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
Contributions
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 409 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 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
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
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 Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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