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Michelle Welsh vs Dame Karen Bradley

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


Voting alignment

Michelle Welsh and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 251 different votes 256 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 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
488
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
248
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.7% of votes cast
240
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
848
53.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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

£179,455
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£179,455
21% below average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
2
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

#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API