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Josh MacAlister vs Dame Karen Bradley

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

Photograph of Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington
vs
Photograph of Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Josh MacAlister and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 234 different votes 238 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
32 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

85.7 %
13 % above average
Rank 96 of 648
Participation
67.3 %
6 % below average
Rank 486 of 648
451
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,312 eligible divisions
229
50.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
724
46.5 % of votes cast
222
49.2 % of votes cast
No votes
833
53.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 648
Appearances
37
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 648
131
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 648
Contributions
41
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£223,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£223,568
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Defence
22 of 22 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 75 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 23 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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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