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Bridget Phillipson vs Katie Lam

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 Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Katie Lam voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 156 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 149 different votes 156 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 3 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 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
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
Appearances
107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
573
+427.3 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
Contributions
128
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 250 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
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 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
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
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