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Bridget Phillipson vs Mr Louie French

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
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Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Mr Louie French voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 414 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 395 different votes 414 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
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Energy 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 39 No
Migration 6% aligned 52 shared votes
36 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 9 No
Education 3% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 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
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
573
+427.1 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below 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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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