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Bridget Phillipson vs Gareth Bacon

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
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Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 734 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 707 different votes 734 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
18 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 4 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 43 No
Migration 5% aligned 61 shared votes
40 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 2% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
71 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 101 shared votes
30 Aye 71 No
19 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

56.2 %
17 % below average
Rank 602 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,300
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
783
60.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
517
39.8 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
496
+387.1 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 648
Contributions
53
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Education
77 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
31 of 43 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Trade
60 of 88 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
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: Third Reading 20 Jun 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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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
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