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Bridget Phillipson vs Mr Mark Francois

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 Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 971 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 925 different votes 971 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
30 Aye 27 No
Trade 9% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
105 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 166 shared votes
59 Aye 107 No
16 Aye 6 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 128 shared votes
40 Aye 88 No
26 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 6 No
Benefits 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 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
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 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
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill (Report): New Clause 52 7 Dec 2021
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
No
Trade Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree to Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
No
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