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Graeme Downie vs Dame Karen Bradley

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

Photograph of Graeme Downie
Graeme Downie
Lab Dunfermline and Dollar
vs
Photograph of Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Graeme Downie and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 193 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 189 different votes 193 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 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 529 of 649
Participation
67.2 %
6 % below average
Rank 478 of 649
364
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,354 eligible divisions
158
43.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
739
46.7 % of votes cast
206
56.6 % of votes cast
No votes
842
53.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % 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

74
-1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
53
-22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
103
-30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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

£234,085
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£234,085
3 % above average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25 % above average
4
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 89 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 75 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 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 Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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