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Matthew Patrick vs Dame Karen Bradley

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

Photograph of Matthew Patrick
Matthew Patrick
Lab Wirral West
vs
Photograph of Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Matthew Patrick and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 245 different votes 249 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 4 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 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

81.0 %
8 % above average
Rank 185 of 649
Participation
67.2 %
6 % below average
Rank 478 of 649
460
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,354 eligible divisions
227
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
739
46.7 % of votes cast
233
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
842
53.3 % of votes cast
8
1.7 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

23
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 649
Appearances
50
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
78
-52.2 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 649
Contributions
56
-74.2 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,976
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£174,976
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25 % above average
0
0 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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 89 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 75 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API