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Bridget Phillipson vs Keir Mather

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 Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Keir Mather voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

270 same votes 5 different votes 275 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
26 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

55.8%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 650
Participation
73.0%
1% above average
Rank 352 of 650
1,352
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
615
842 eligible divisions
811
60.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
297
48.3% of votes cast
541
40.0% of votes cast
No votes
318
51.7% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
3 years, 3 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

82
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Appearances
115
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
486
+318.9 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 650
Contributions
611
+443.9 vs Commons average
Rank 16 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
176 of 212 votes
#1
Education
50 of 52 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 36 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#4
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 49 votes
#5
Defence
29 of 35 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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