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Bridget Phillipson vs David Taylor

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 David Taylor
David Taylor
Lab Hemel Hempstead

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and David Taylor voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 207 shared comparable votes.

202 same votes 5 different votes 207 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
24 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 0 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 18 shared votes
18 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 0 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 18 shared votes
18 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

55.8%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 650
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 213 of 650
1,352
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
505
636 eligible divisions
811
60.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
256
50.7% of votes cast
541
40.0% of votes cast
No votes
249
49.3% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Appearances
32
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
486
+318.9 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 650
Contributions
38
-129.1 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£181,421
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£181,421
20% below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
176 of 212 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 49 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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