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Bridget Phillipson vs Douglas McAllister

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 Douglas McAllister
Douglas McAllister
Lab West Dunbartonshire

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

232 same votes 0 different votes 232 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 16 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 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 16 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 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

56.0%
17% below average
Rank 600 of 649
Participation
88.3%
16% above average
Rank 41 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
590 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
49.3% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
264
50.7% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

85
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
Appearances
109
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
571
+424.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
Contributions
130
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37% below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
175 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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