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Bridget Phillipson vs Sammy Wilson

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 Sammy Wilson
Sammy Wilson
DUP East Antrim

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 932 shared comparable votes.

232 same votes 700 different votes 932 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
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 58% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 43% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
46 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 41% aligned 82 shared votes
48 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 39% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
15 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 35% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 8 No
Energy 11% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
103 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 13% aligned 166 shared votes
60 Aye 106 No
87 Aye 42 No
Tax 18% aligned 129 shared votes
57 Aye 72 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

56.2 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 649
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,328
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,361 eligible divisions
798
60.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
724
49.6 % of votes cast
530
39.9 % of votes cast
No votes
736
50.4 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

80
+2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
Appearances
102
+24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
558
+419.5 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
Contributions
147
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11 % above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
195 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
31 of 43 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
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
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
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
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