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Bridget Phillipson vs Jim Shannon

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 Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Jim Shannon voted the same way 27% of the time, based on 1,160 shared comparable votes.

311 same votes 849 different votes 1,160 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
21 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 55% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 52% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 8 No
Housing 41% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
58 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 41% aligned 92 shared votes
50 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 9 No
Benefits 39% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 169 shared votes
61 Aye 108 No
19 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
46 Aye 21 No
Education 16% aligned 67 shared votes
26 Aye 41 No
104 Aye 51 No
Tax 17% aligned 155 shared votes
67 Aye 88 No
28 Aye 26 No
Trade 19% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

56.2 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 649
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,328
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
798
60.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
530
39.9 % of votes cast
No votes
975
48.4 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

80
+2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
Appearances
1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
558
+419.5 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
Contributions
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30 % above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
205 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
31 of 43 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 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
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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