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John McDonnell vs Dame Karen Bradley

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,251 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,194 different votes 1,251 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
102 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 161 shared votes
62 Aye 99 No
13 Aye 45 No
Migration 5% aligned 58 shared votes
42 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
39 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 53 shared votes
12 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 16 No
Energy 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.7% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
848
53.3% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
7
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill) 3 Jun 2025
No
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