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Bridget Phillipson vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson
Lab Houghton and Sunderland South
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Alex Burghart voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,057 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,009 different votes 1,057 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
91 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 157 shared votes
66 Aye 91 No
22 Aye 47 No
Migration 4% aligned 69 shared votes
44 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 9 No
Education 3% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No
51 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 84 shared votes
34 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 131 shared votes
43 Aye 88 No
30 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

56.0%
17% below average
Rank 600 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

85
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
Appearances
83
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650
571
+424.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
Contributions
137
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 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: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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