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Bridget Phillipson vs Lee Anderson

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 Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Lee Anderson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 663 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 633 different votes 663 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 14 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 4 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 9 No
Housing 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
27 Aye 65 No
20 Aye 28 No
Migration 0% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 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
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
621
49.8% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
573
+427.1 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
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
175 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
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
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