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Matt Bishop vs Dame Karen Bradley

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 167 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 163 different votes 167 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
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
27 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.7% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
848
53.3% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

32
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 531 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

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API