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Bridget Phillipson vs Claire Coutinho

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 Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 667 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 636 different votes 667 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
17 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 7 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 39 No
Migration 2% aligned 56 shared votes
38 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
23 Aye 56 No
19 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
573
+427.1 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
108
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 321 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
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
47 of 50 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 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
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
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
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
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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