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Bridget Phillipson vs Rushanara Ali

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 Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,173 shared comparable votes.

1,169 same votes 4 different votes 1,173 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
100 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
100 Aye 46 No
63 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
63 Aye 37 No
51 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 71 shared votes
51 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 41 No
Migration 100% aligned 64 shared votes
23 Aye 41 No
31 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
106 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 170 shared votes
103 Aye 67 No
100 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
100 Aye 46 No
63 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
63 Aye 37 No
51 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 71 shared votes
51 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 41 No
Migration 100% aligned 64 shared votes
23 Aye 41 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Appearances
47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
573
+427.1 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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