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Alison McGovern vs Chris Philp

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

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Chris Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Chris Philp voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,412 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,343 different votes 1,412 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
22 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
105 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 170 shared votes
65 Aye 105 No
38 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
40 Aye 21 No
Education 3% aligned 61 shared votes
23 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 44 shared votes
11 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
430
+286.5 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
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