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Bridget Phillipson vs Alex Easton

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 Easton
Alex Easton
Ind North Down

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Alex Easton voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 122 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 105 different votes 122 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 0 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 4 No
Tax 14% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 1 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 7 No
Education 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 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
43.5%
29% below average
Rank 630 of 649
1,328
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
255
586 eligible divisions
798
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
122
47.8% of votes cast
530
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
133
52.2% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Appearances
102
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
543
+402.5 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
Contributions
131
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£190,220
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£190,220
16% below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Energy
13 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Education
27 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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
Aye
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill: Second Reading 25 Feb 2025
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 12 Feb 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Third Reading 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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