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Bridget Phillipson vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Jesse Norman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,042 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 989 different votes 1,042 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 4 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
102 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 167 shared votes
66 Aye 101 No
42 Aye 16 No
Education 3% aligned 58 shared votes
18 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 8 No
Benefits 3% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
96 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 146 shared votes
50 Aye 96 No
23 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
87 of 91 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
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
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
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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