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Valerie Vaz vs Dame Karen Bradley

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

Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich
vs
Photograph of Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,233 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,172 different votes 1,233 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
105 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 163 shared votes
62 Aye 101 No
16 Aye 43 No
Migration 5% aligned 59 shared votes
40 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.7% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
848
53.3% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
2
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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