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Kate Dearden vs Dame Karen Bradley

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

Photograph of Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Lab Halifax
vs
Photograph of Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 204 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 201 different votes 204 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
25 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
0 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
0 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 51 of 647
Participation
67.4 %
5 % below average
Rank 480 of 647
480
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,573
2,333 eligible divisions
234
48.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
736
46.8 % of votes cast
246
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
837
53.2 % 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, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

45
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 647
Appearances
49
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 647
107
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 647
Contributions
54
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25 % above average
7
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 75 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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 Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 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
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