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Fred Thomas vs Dame Karen Bradley

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
vs
Photograph of Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 200 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 197 different votes 200 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 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
32 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

68.5 %
4 % below average
Rank 458 of 649
Participation
67.2 %
6 % below average
Rank 478 of 649
389
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,354 eligible divisions
228
58.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
739
46.7 % of votes cast
161
41.4 % of votes cast
No votes
842
53.3 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

42
-33.2 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 649
Appearances
53
-22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
55
-78.4 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Contributions
59
-74.4 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25 % above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 89 votes
Tax
90 of 111 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 75 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 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
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Voting source Commons Votes API