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Dame Karen Bradley vs Taiwo Owatemi

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 Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Dame Karen Bradley and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 740 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 703 different votes 740 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
29 Aye 16 No
Migration 7% aligned 45 shared votes
13 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
28 Aye 7 No
Transport 3% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
744
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
848
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

72
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Appearances
5
-78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
Contributions
5
-140.9 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£283,093
25% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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