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Bridget Phillipson vs Charlie Dewhirst

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 Charlie Dewhirst
Charlie Dewhirst
Con Bridlington and The Wolds

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Charlie Dewhirst voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 153 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 148 different votes 153 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
27 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 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

56.2 %
17 % below average
Rank 602 of 648
Participation
69.6 %
4 % below average
Rank 446 of 648
1,300
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
366
526 eligible divisions
783
60.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
160
43.7 % of votes cast
517
39.8 % of votes cast
No votes
206
56.3 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648
Appearances
81
+20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 648
496
+387.1 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 648
Contributions
107
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£184,765
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£184,765
18 % below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
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
77 of 95 votes
#2
Tax
95 of 108 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Democracy / Parliament
31 of 43 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
Trade
60 of 88 votes
#5
Education
39 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
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
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
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