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Bridget Phillipson vs Bob Blackman

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
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Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,202 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,149 different votes 1,202 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
23 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 9% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 8% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 9 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 156 shared votes
52 Aye 104 No
20 Aye 47 No
Migration 0% aligned 67 shared votes
47 Aye 20 No
33 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

56.2 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,328
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
798
60.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
530
39.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
558
+419.7 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Contributions
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
211 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
31 of 43 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 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
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 27 Feb 2024
Housing
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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