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Bridget Phillipson vs Helen Whately

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 Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,145 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,086 different votes 1,145 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
23 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 9 No
Energy 8% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
103 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 167 shared votes
65 Aye 102 No
22 Aye 52 No
Migration 4% aligned 74 shared votes
49 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 151 shared votes
47 Aye 104 No
26 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 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
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