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Bridget Phillipson vs Michael Shanks

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 Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

240 same votes 0 different votes 240 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
22 Aye 10 No
Tax 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 10 No
Tax 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

86
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Appearances
100
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
573
+425.3 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
Contributions
408
+260.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
175 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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