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Bridget Phillipson vs Mr Richard Holden

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 Mr Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 715 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 684 different votes 715 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
18 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 3 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 42 No
Migration 5% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
36 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
71 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 99 shared votes
28 Aye 71 No
19 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
Appearances
44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
573
+427.3 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
Contributions
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 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
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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