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Bridget Phillipson vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 869 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 822 different votes 869 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
10 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 8 No
Housing 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
38 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 40 No
Migration 6% aligned 53 shared votes
37 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 107 shared votes
35 Aye 72 No
24 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
62 of 69 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Third Reading 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
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