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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.

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Matthew Patrick
Lab Wirral West
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Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Matthew Patrick and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 250 different votes 255 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
26 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
1 Aye 26 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
26 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
1 Aye 26 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

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 188 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
475
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
231
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.7% of votes cast
244
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
848
53.3% of votes cast
9
1.9% 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

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 342 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

£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
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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