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Bridget Phillipson vs Dr Allison Gardner

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 Dr Allison Gardner
Dr Allison Gardner
Lab Stoke-on-Trent South

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 216 shared comparable votes.

216 same votes 0 different votes 216 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
27 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
17 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
17 Aye 0 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

56.1%
17% below average
Rank 600 of 649
Participation
84.5%
12% above average
Rank 89 of 649
1,335
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
503
595 eligible divisions
801
60.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
49.3% of votes cast
534
40.0% of votes cast
No votes
255
50.7% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.6% 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
74
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
571
+424.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
Contributions
119
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 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
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Housing
31 of 32 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
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
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