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Bridget Phillipson vs Joe Robertson

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 Joe Robertson
Joe Robertson
Con Isle of Wight East

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Joe Robertson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 186 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 181 different votes 186 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
4 Aye 2 No
Benefits 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 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
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 309 of 649
1,328
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
432
575 eligible divisions
798
60.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
193
44.7 % of votes cast
530
39.9 % of votes cast
No votes
239
55.3 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Appearances
155
+77.1 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 650
558
+419.7 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Contributions
257
+118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£165,302
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£165,302
27 % below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Tax
95 of 111 votes
Democracy / Parliament
31 of 43 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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