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Bridget Phillipson vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Priti Patel voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 927 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 879 different votes 927 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
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 37 No
Migration 5% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
102 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 163 shared votes
59 Aye 104 No
19 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
38 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
79 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 114 shared votes
35 Aye 79 No
34 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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