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Matt Western vs Dame Karen Bradley

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,014 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 962 different votes 1,014 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
19 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 35 No
Migration 6% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
89 Aye 51 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 140 shared votes
52 Aye 88 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 4% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.7% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
848
53.3% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 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

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
3
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API