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Bridget Phillipson vs Aphra Brandreth

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 Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 150 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 147 different votes 150 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 3 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 9 No
Tax 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 9 No
Tax 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 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
64.9%
8% below average
Rank 520 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
383
590 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
47.3% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
202
52.7% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.9% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
573
+427.1 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 354 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
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
24 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API