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Bridget Phillipson vs Nick Timothy

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 Nick Timothy
Nick Timothy
Con West Suffolk

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Nick Timothy voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 153 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 147 different votes 153 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
5 Aye 2 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 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
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 446 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
590 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
48.0% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
212
52.0% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
Appearances
84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
573
+427.3 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
Contributions
122
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 267 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
£199,214
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£199,214
12% below average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
22
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 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
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
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
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